Thursday, April 8, 2010

Metis Coat by Tom Eicheid

1830-1840 time period
Smoked Brain tan "German Deerskin"
Raw Otter Fur
Quills all natural dyed: Osage Orange- yellow
Kapp Root - red
Cochinell - red
Walnut - brown
Indigo - blue
All sewn with sinew
The design on the coat was borrowed from original Metis-artifacts in European and American collections. To keep "The Spirit of the People"




Photos supplied by Tom Eischeid.

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