Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Elijah Logan (Munsee Delaware) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Munsee Delaware
- Previous owner
- Elijah Logan, Munsee Delaware [Moravian Town, Ontario], ca. 1858-1923
- Collector
- Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Date created
- 1850-1875
- Object Name
- Man's coat/jacket
- Media/Materials
- Deerhide/deerskin, cotton cloth, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Edge beaded , overlay beadwork
- Dimensions
- 52.7 x 16.5 x 43.8 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments
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