Coat

2003-43-1

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Evenk
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Fur | Glass | Leather | Felt | Stone
Technique Sewn | Beaded
Description

Front opening coat of reindeer fur consisting of straight sided top with pleated skirt bottom. Pieced work. Front sides of opening decorated with strips of felt, colored hide and beads. Back decorated with beads and dyed (?) fur. Sleeves culminate in mittens. Green and white beads decorate skirt top. Hide ties at neck, chest and skirt top. Stones sewn into hem weigh the coat down.

Length 96.52 cm
Width 76.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.1 - Other Number | 74-1-101 - Other Number | 539/1 - Other Number

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