Native American, Northern New Mexico, Taos region, Comanches/Cumanches people, ca. late 19th century CE. A fabulous hand-sewn men's outfit consisting of a coat and pants sewn from dark tan cloth and embellished with navy felt and chocolate brown horse hair fringe. First, the coat is beautifully decorated with strips of navy felt along the cuffs of each sleeve, midway across the chest, arms, and back, exterior lapels of the coat, and at the top of the back. A lovely felt fringe adorns the coat's lower end as well as its top, while the mid-section of the arms and the upper section of the back boast fringe of brown horse hair. Six zinc discs are sewn to the navy felt of the lapels. Alternatively, the pants feature a long strip of navy felt that runs up the outside hem of each leg from which a lengthy horse hair fringe protrudes. Five brass buttons adorn the interior waist of the pants, while a petite metal buckle can be found at the fly, and two strips of fabric with an additional metal buckle are at the exterior of the waist, all for securing the trousers to their wearer. Size of coat: 32" L x 24" W across chest (81.3 cm x 61 cm); Size: 39.25" L x 20" W (99.7 cm x 50.8 cm)

Provenance: private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection

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#149323

Missing all coat buttons. Fly of pants also missing buttons. Losses to navy felt on lapels, cuffs, and fringe and some fraying to peripheries of felt. Otherwise, very nice.