Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Costume (hierarchy name)
5. costume (mode of fashion)
6. clothing
7. outerwear
8. overcoats (outerwear)

Anotations

Scope note:

Overcoats worn by Euro-Canadian settlers and Cree men during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Adapted from pre-contact animal hide coats worn by Cree tribes. Usually made from animal hide with painted decoration and quillwork ornameting the shoulders. Coats from Northern Cree communities include further painted decoration on the spine, hem, and front of the coat. Were usually anufactured by Cree women.