Man's Coat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1929 to 1933
name: label: Collector
content: William D. Coddington
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Jonathan Coddington
notes: label: Notes
content: Man's coat of heavy, brain-tanned hide, probably moose hide, cut in a European style and fitted with large metal snaps down the front. Sewn with commercial cotton thread. Trimmed with mink fur around the cuffs, pockets, yoke and front placket. Bands of loom woven porcupine quillwork are attached to the yoke, shoulders, pockets and cuffs. Four pockets lined with beige colored cotton cloth. Hide fringe extends from the yoke in both the front and back. Small piece of dark brown leather sewn to the central back of the coat. According to the donor, the coat was purchased from an Indian by his father, William Draper Coddington in either Maine or the New York/Canadian border region between 1929-1933. New when purchased.
label: Notes
content: Athabaskan origin, probably from the area around Fort Resolution or Fort Providence, on Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territory of Canada. Most likely tribal origin is Slavey or Chipewyan. Probably made for sale.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Slavey (Slave, Dene) (?)
label: Culture
content: Chipewyan (Denesoline, Denesuline, Dene) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2035036
label: USNM Number
content: E432059-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Coat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: ca. 87 cm
label: Width - Object, Bottom Hem
content: ca. 68 cm
label: Width - Object, Shoulder Seam To Shoulder Seam
content: ca. 60 cm