Capote, or winter coat, made from a white cotton Hudson’s Bay blanket with black, red, and green border stripes.  May have been made and used by Blackfeet (Sihásapa Lakota) Indians. The coat’s hood and sleeves are fringed and the hood has ribbed red silk cloth binding that forms a tie at the neck.  Created circa 1880.

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