Jacket Item Number: 788/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small white hide jacket with embroidery and fringe. The jacket has a wide collar, short sleeves and fringe on the bottom hem. Two thin hide pieces are threaded through the centre, extending as ties on both sides. Floral bouquets are embroidered on the collar and cuffs in pink, purple, yellow, blue and green. White ermine fur trims the collar and cuffs.
Narrative
One of two jackets made for Colonel James Kennedy Cornwall's daughters, Catherine and Norah.
Specific Techniques
Brain tanned caribou skin (not smoked). Embroidered pieces sewn on afterwards.
Item History
- Made in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada during 1920
- Collected during 1923
- Owned by Norah Pollard and Virgil Pollard before March 18, 1982
- Received from Norah Pollard (Donor) and Virgil Pollard (Donor) on March 18, 1982
What
- Name
- Jacket
- Identification Number
- 788/5
- Type of Item
- jacket
- Material
- caribou skin, ermine skin and fibre
- Overall
- height 66.0 cm, width 78.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Dene
- Previous Owner
- Norah Pollard and Virgil Pollard
- Received from
- Norah Pollard (Donor) and Virgil Pollard (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1920
- Collection Date
- during 1923
- Ownership Date
- before March 18, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on March 18, 1982
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0788/0005