Kaross (skin cloak)
Dateprior to 1892
Maker
South African
Maker
Tswana
Label TextSkins of small hydraxes are sewn in stripes to create the main body of this cloak. Spots interupt this sequence at the top where a civet cat's arms stretch out, as if to announce the presence of a chieftain. A very rare intact example of a 19th-century cloak, it was transported from Johannesberg to Idaho by an Irish miner named Paul Corcoran in 1892.
Object number97.53
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Order and Border, February 26, 2010 - August 28, 2011
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Untold Story, November 14, 2003 - November 14, 2004Credit LineGift of the family of Paul Corcoran
Dimensions78 x 54 in. (198.12 x 137.16 cm)
MediumSkin and fur
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