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Collection: Warnock
Item Number: WC9708005
Category: Coat
Region: Plains
Tribe: Sioux - Métis - Pine Ridge
Period: 1875-1900 - ca. 1890
Materials: Native tanned deerskin; glass seed beads; yellow ochre paint; wool and cotton cloth.
Description: Tailored hide coat decorated overall with yellow ochre paint. Bead decoration includes the back shoulder area where there is a pattern of abstract designs and two Big Horn sheep. Beads include faceted beads.
Dimensions: Length 39 inches 99 cm; Width (at shoulder) 26 inches 66 cm.
Provenance:
Collected by Richard Pohrt from a family in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Richard Pohrt Sr. Collection
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.
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