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Object Number
94-15-10/50793
Display Title
Beaded cloth coat
Descriptions
Object Description
Navy blue wool chief’s coat with beadwork and silk ribbon trim. Poison tag attached at lower back inside of the coat (Note: a second poison tag was removed due to method of attachment to lining fabric; held in Conservation). Catalogue number (50793) is penned in 2.5 cm high numerals with an underline and a green paint dot directly on the coat’s proper left front panel lining fabric. Prior exhibit display label: Micmac New Brunswick. Chief's Coat. ...Superb example of far Northeast beadwork and double curve designs (see adjoining group label) - White made coat beaded by Indian; Once owned by Frank Francis, Chief of nearby Malecite (Mal-e-seet) tribe, 50793 mid-1800s.
Coat is a European style cut, fitted at waist. The coat’s lapels, neck collar, and [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Cloth coat, black, with beaded decoration on sleeves, seams, bottom.
Classification
- Coat
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1893
Culture
- Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
New Brunswick
Additional Geographic Terms
Tobique Point
Materials
Wool cloth Silk cloth Cotton fabric Glass beads Velveteen Cotton thread Metal alloy Brass?
Dimensions
Overall: 106 x 39 cm (41 3/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1894
Provenance
Owner
Chief Frank Francis
(1893)
Collector
Archibald R. Tisdale
(1893 - 1894)
Seller
Isidore Augustine
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