Hide, caribou or deer; hide thong; porcupine quills, cream and red; glass beads, red, green, white, blue, black and yellow; woollen yarn; sinew; ochre paint.

The bag's body is made of caribou or deer hide, with a rounded bottom, rather than the more commonly found square-shape. Its front is decorated with two bands of zig zag quillwork done with red and cream coloured quills, and a fringe of tassels made of green, red, white, blue, black and yellow glass beads ending with wool tufts. The strap is made two cords or thongs which are wrapped together with quills. The bag's colours, as well as the style of quill banding and the looped fringe, are characteristic of Mushkegowuk (Western James Bay Cree) or Eeyou (Eastern James Bay, Quebec-Cree) items.

According to Laura Peers, this item was made with 19th century materials.

This item is part of a collection loaned to the Pitt Rivers Museum by Colonel Shirley in 1952 and purchased from his son, Major Shirley in January 1966. There is a possibility that this coat was formerly owned by James Bisset and acquired by Colonel Shirley through the Leamington Museum.

Mowat, Linda. "Painted Coats for a Coronation? (Research Notes)," Journal of Museum Ethnography 8 (1996): 109-110.

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Al Corbiere (AC), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Laura Peers (LP), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).