Fragment: Coat
About this object
History of use
Anthropologist Homer Barnett notes that "goat wool was everywhere even more of a luxury item and a mark of social prominence than was buckskin. Only rich men's wives and daughters could afford aprons of this material, and only they wore robes woven of it. It was especially scarce on the island (1955:71)."
Narrative
According to the collector's notes this woven coat was worn by Chief Charlie Solwheymault when he visited Queen Victoria (d. 1901), presumably in England. However it is possible the event refers to when a delegation of Salish Chiefs went to London to petition the King of England, in 1906.
Cultural context
status; wealth
Physical description
Off-white wool weaving fragment, said to be from a woven coat (also see pieces A8042 b-c). Herringbone twill weave.
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