Beaded Buckskin Coat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1875
label: Collection Date
content: 1867 to 1868
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. U S Army George A. Pomeroy
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mary H. Pomeroy
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MODIFIED INDIAN. THESE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING ARE CUT OUT AND MADE ACCORDING TO CIVILIZED [sic] PATTERNS AND WERE FOR THE USE OF WHITE PERSONS AT SOME POST ON THE UPPER MISSOURI. FROM HER LATE HUSBAND, MAJ. GEN. POMEROY." ILLUS. FRONT COVER, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 17, NO. 4, 1992 AND ID THERE BY JOHN C. EWERS AS COAT, RED RIVER METIS OR SANTEE SIOUX (?), C. 1860; COAT WAS MADE TO BE WORN BY AN ARMY OFFICER; SIMILAR COATS WERE MADE FOR FUR TRADERS AND METIS.
label: Notes
content: Decorated with quillwork, and floral beadwork.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: West / Missouri River (Upper), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Metis, Red River (?)
label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Santee (Isanti) Dakota (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004578
label: USNM Number
content: E19670-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Coat