NFB Collection
Métis Coat
19791 minFilm: Documentary
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada.
In 1841, the Earl of Caledon of Tyrone, Ireland, acquired an elegantly tailored deerskin coat trimmed with fringe and brightly dyed porcupine quill embroidery. This fashion, popularized by the Métis, adapts the style of the white "Coatmen" to traditional Indigenous materials.
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Subject categories
- Crafts > Clothing and CostumeDecorative ArtsFirst Nations Crafts
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > CraftsMétis
- Canada - Images of a Country > Vignettes
Credits
- narrator
- Vlasta Vrana