Jacket
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Hide, brass ?
Geography
Presumably Ontario
Date
19th century
Dimensions
96.5 x 129.5 cm
Object number
911.3.212
Credit Line
Oronhyatekha Collection; gift of the Independent Order of Foresters
Department
Art & Culture: Indigenous Americas
Description
Collected by Dr. Oronhyatekha, and described by him in his catalogue as, "Buckskin coat of "Coureur de bois." Buckskin coats, deeply fringed, such as this, are mentioned by Fenimore Cooper as having been used by Leather Stocking and the woodsmen of his period."
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