woolen yarn, red and blue; wampum or tile beads, blue, medium green, white and black; porcupine quills, red, white and blue; silk ribbon, red and ivory; metal cones.

The ornament is composed of three panels of woven beadwork separated by panels of quill-wrapped yarn, the whole attached to two bands of finger woven red yarn with white bead infill. Several construction techniques are found on this ornament: white beads are interwoven in the finger woven straps, panels are made of loom woven imitation wampum beads, and sections of quill-wrapped yarn are also found on the item. As well, warps of finger woven straps are carried down through the ornament, then alternately woven into imitation wampum, wrapped with metal cones, and terminate finished quill wrapping at the ends. The outer edges of loom woven panels are bound with silk ribbon.

The strap has parallel zig zag motifs. The beaded panels have horizontal "X"s.

This item may have had a gorget attached to it (RP). It was likely an ornament worn on formal or ceremonial occasions. (Pitt Rivers Museum Object Catalogue entry)

CW has never before seen silk binding directly on loom woven beadwork.

Based on stylistic features.

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. (Pitt Rivers Museum Object Catalogue entry)

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).