- Ethnohistorical collection
Coat
Coat with shoulder bangs in deerskin, embroidered with flowers and metal beads, unlined, only the collar with striped cotton fabric and thinner skin. The flower-embroidered coat is adorned with beaded motifs on the front and both pockets, in the manner of the Métis of the northern forests. These motifs are part of native iconography. The coat buttons are missing.
- Accession Number 2021.49.04
- Period 1st quarter of the 20th century
- Materials fiber, fiber, cotton, pearl, skin, deer
- Measurements 81 x 54 cm
Historical context
Apanage de la nation Métis, le manteau de chasse est devenu avec le temps un emblème vestimentaire des montagnes, grandes plaines et prairies de l’ouest du continent nord-américain. Il fait son apparition sous cette forme au 19e siècle et est toujours confectionné de nos jours par les artistes de la nation Métis. Le cuir dentelé et frangé est commun sur ces manteaux. Ils sont confectionnés à partir des cuirs de bison d’Amé...
- Accession Number 2021.49.04
- Period 1st quarter of the 20th century
- Materials fiber, fiber, cotton, pearl, skin, deer
- Measurements 81 x 54 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Denis St-Martin, 2021.049.004
Photo by Victor Diaz Lamich
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