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Coat

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.1.9.5.CW.CT.C1930.US
Description
Coat, trimmed with woodchuck fur.

It belonged to an emigrant from Ukraine, whose name was Victoria Kuzmak. In it, she fled from Odessa to the USA in the 1930th year. Attached to it is a letter that this lady gave to her descendants, where it was said: "I ran away from the USSR in this." So the coat with the letter  preserved.
Material
Fur
Origin
circa 1930 United States
Exhibition History
• 2017.06.16–2017.09.30. ‘Exotic hunt at the Castle. Costumes and accessories from Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Ventspils museum (The Castle of Livonian Order), Ventspils, Latvia.