Buckskin, fringed; European style; floral beading on shoulders in brown/black/blue/pink/red; hook and eye closing; cloth pockets.
Donor:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection place:
Western United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Western United States
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of US and Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation and Oliver Roberts
Collection date:
19th century
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jackets (short coats)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1964
Context of use:
According to card received with specimen: This coat at one time belonged to "Major George," a chief of the "Blackfoot" Indians...The coat was presented to Oliver Roberts by the chief.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 86 centimeters
Comment:
Duplicate cards in Northern Athabascan file and in Blackfoot file. Exhibited: "UCLMA, Plains Indians, 1971
Loans:
S1973-1974 #69: Art Gallery (UC Santa Barbara ) (March 19, 1974–July 29, 1974)