Coat
37978
From: New Mexico | Mescalero, New Mexico
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 37978 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mescalero Apache | Athapaskan |
| Provenience | New Mexico | Mescalero, New Mexico |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Buckskin | Pigment |
| Description | Buckskin coat with a short collar. Fringed along the sleeves, sides, hem, and the circular shoulder section. Decorative blue stitching around the border of the circular shoulder section. Red stitching up the sides. Blue and red, stitched, interlocking V design at the hem. Red pigment on the front of the coat near the hem on the proper right side and blue pigment on the proper left in the same area. Two loose straps hang at each corner of the hem. |
| Length | 121 cm |
| Width | 73 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901 |
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