jacket (clothing: outerwear); textile

Jacket made from brown felt with couched decoration in multicoloured cotton (?) thread, and silver-coloured metal-wrapped thread(surrounding a yellow core) along front opening and hem, shoulder and side seam, and cuffs. The textile is lined with blue, tabby woven cotton textile except for the collar (red) and hem (green). The underarm insert is also made from red tabby woven cotton. The closure is edged with green braided cord holding the ceramic(?) buttons (only one present), and creating the 4 loops .

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1984.94
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 15.748 x 48.7008 in.; 400 x 1237 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
felt; cotton (textile); thread; ceramic
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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