Chief's Coat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of American History
notes: label: Notes
content: MADE OF SMOKED MOOSE HIDE WITH INTERIOR LINING OF GREEN COTTON CLOTH. TRIMMED WITH BEAVER FUR DOWN THE FRONT PLACKETS, BOTTOM HEM, AND TOPS OF POCKETS AND CUFFS. BLACK VELVET CLOTH (SILK?) LINES THE POCKETS, INSIDE OF CUFFS, AND BOTTOM OF COLLAR. FRINGE OF HIDE HANGS FROM THE SHOULDER YOKE ON FRONT AND BACK. DOUBLE BUTTONS MADE OF POLISHED MOOSE ANTLER. MULTICOLORED BEADED FLORAL DESIGN WITH TUFTED, DYED CARIBOU HAIR EMBROIDERY ON THE TWO FRONT POCKETS, CUFFS, AND SHOULDER YOKE AREA. ACCORDING TO DR. STEPHEN LORING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY ARCTIC STUDIES CENTER, "THE TUFTED AND DYED CARIBOU HAIR EMBROIDERY OF A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT IS SYMBOLIC OF DIFFERENT ANIMAL TRACKS (WOLF, LYNX, AND RABBIT); THE WHITE BEADS AND SMALL WHITE LOOPS ARE PTARMIGAN TRACKS IN THE SNOW". MADE IN 1997 BY DIXIE ALEXANDER, A KUTCHIN MASTER-ARTIST FROM FT. YUKON, ALASKA. PHOTO NOTE: 99-20233 IS IMAGE OF FRONT OF COAT, 99-20234 IS VIEW OF BACK.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Yukon, Yukon River, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kutchin (Gwich'in, Dihjii Zhuh)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416171
label: USNM Number
content: E428706-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Coat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 84 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 84 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 16 cm