- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0095
- Description
- A woman's tan buckskin jacket, fringed and lightly beaded with flowers, smoked buckskin, edges pinked. Cut western style with collar, yoke, inset sleeves, and pockets with front opening full length. 12.0 cm fringes below front yoke, and down backs of sleeves continuing across yoke in back. Front ti…
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- Title
- Beaded Jacket
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 57.0 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- A woman's tan buckskin jacket, fringed and lightly beaded with flowers, smoked buckskin, edges pinked. Cut western style with collar, yoke, inset sleeves, and pockets with front opening full length. 12.0 cm fringes below front yoke, and down backs of sleeves continuing across yoke in back. Front ties closed with four sets of buckskin thongs. Six large beaded flowers on two front pockets, front yoke and back are shades of blue with red and yellow accents, with yellow leaves outlined in green. Each side of front band contains four chevrons in shades of blue with red accents, pointing toward front opening. Machine stitched and completely lined with cream coloured fabric. Two inside breast pockets with stitching above to indicate that there may have been flaps there at one time.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- CRW
- Catharine Robb Whyte
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0095
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