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Cree-Metis man's coat

1874

Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Washington, DC, and New York, NY, United States

Details

Title: Cree-Metis man's coat
Date Created: 1874
Location: Upper Missouri River; USA
Physical Dimensions: 115 x 88 cm
Type: Clothing/Garments
Medium: Hide, porcupine quills, silk ribbon, mother-of-pearl buttons, glass bead/beads, cotton thread, sinew, dye/dyes
Techniques: Sewn, quill embroidered, quilled (lane stitched), quill-wrapped (flat), fringed, strung
Culture: probably Cree Metis (attributed)
Catalog Number: 19/1253

Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian

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