Leather coat with embroidered floral designs and a velvet collar / Unknown

Essay/Description

Deerskin Cherokee embroidered coat; large collar with large lapels; belted; large pockets; elaborate fringe along edges of coat, around cuffs, and pockets; embroidered floral design throughout.

Curatorial Remarks

Tags: hunting coat, velvet collar, embroidered, floral design, deerskin
People: Cherokee
Places: Southeast, Eastern Oklahoma
Purpose: personal activity, social events

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Leather coat with embroidered floral designs and a velvet collar

Creator(s):

Unknown

Culture:

Native American; Cherokee

Date:

circa 1850

Place:

Southeast, Oklahoma, United States of America

Materials/Techniques:

deerskin, cloth, velvet, silk

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Clothing and Garments

Object Type:

Coat

Accession No:

84.3426

Previous Number(s):

TL2011.28

Department:

Anthropology

Not On View

Dimensions

Coat:

Length: 38in. (96.5cm)
Shoulder to Cuff: 24 1/2in. (62.2cm)
Shoulder to Shoulder: 23 1/2in. (59.7cm)

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Unknown. Leather coat with embroidered floral designs and a velvet collar. 84.3426. circa 1850. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/843426 (10/17/2019).

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