Coat, man's

Description

Man's coat of buckskin ornamented with painted geometric designs, with quillwork shoulder bands: North America, Canada, Algonquin family, from the Hudson Bay Territory

Museum reference

A.UC.277

Collection

Americas

Object name

Coat, man's

Production information

Hudson Bay Territory, Canada, North America

Style / Culture

Algonquin

Materials

Buckskin, Quill

Physical description

Buckskin ornamented with painted geometric designs; quillwork shoulder bands

Exhibitions

• Dr John Rae the Explorer and Collector (01 Apr 2013 - 05 Nov 2013)
  Stromness Museum

References

See Charles D Waterston, Collections in Context (National Museums of Scotland, 1997), p. 33.