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

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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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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
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