Jacket Item Number: 3456/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Buckskin jacket with embroidery and fringe decoration. The jacket has a wide notch collar, long sleeves, two pockets and centre opening. Three plastic buttons along the right side of the opening. Buttons are golden brown and dark black-brown. Long tassel hanging from collar interior along left side of opening. Back of jacket is lightly pleated, flaring out at the bottom. Floral designs embroidered on either side of the jacket opening, along the cuffs and collar, and above the pockets. Flowers, vines and leaves done in red, light pink, light green, light blue, yellow, gold, light purple, dark purple, dark blue, olive green, white and black. Fringe attached to the bottom edge of the collar and along all seam lines. Fringe along sleeves and down the centre back seam is short, fringe along collar, shoulders and the side seams is long. Interior is unlined.

Narrative

According to family history, this jacket was gifted to the donor’s husband’s grandfather, C. Donald MacKinnon, by a Lillooet Chief from the Pavilion area, when Donald and his brother saved the Chief’s son from drowning, sometime before 1914. He was told the jacket had been worn by the Chief at the celebration for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee in 1897. His brother was gifted a pair of gauntlets. Donald's father was John McLellan MacKinnon who owned the Double Fountain Ranch, located in the Pavilion area.

Item History

What

Name
Jacket
Identification Number
3456/1
Type of Item
jacket
Material
deer skin, cotton fibre and plastic
Overall
height 74.6 cm, width 139.0 cm

Who

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Previous Owner
Marlene Karnouk
Received from
Marlene Karnouk (Donor)

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
British Columbia, Canada

When

Creation Date
before 1900
Ownership Date
before October 29, 2020
Acquisition Date
on October 29, 2020

Other

Item Classes
textiles
Condition
good
Accession Number
3456/0001