Buffalo coat
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A buffalo coat is a heavy winter garment made from the
conservationist movement
intended to preserve the bison, which had been hunted to near-extinction in North America as well.
Buffalo coats were issued to police and military officers, particularly the
Canadian parks service. Guards on Parliament Hill
continued to wear them until 1961. With the growing numbers of farmed bison being raised since the 1990s, buffalo coats are once again available, though they are much more expensive and many times heavier than modern winter wear made of manmade fabrics.
Canadian political commentator Tom Flanagan wears one daily during the winter at the University of Calgary where he teaches, and in 2013 wore it during a panel discussion on the CBC, which drew media attention.[2]
Gallery
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Buffalo soldierssome wearing buffalo coats, Ft. Keogh, Montana 1890 -
North-West Mounted Police scout wearing a buffalo coat. Gleichen, Alberta, ca. 1890 -
modern buffalo coat front (2008) -
modern buffalo coat back (2008)
References
- ^ "Buffalo Coat and Gloves". Western Illinois Museum. January 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ "'It makes me an icon of Canadian history': Tom Flanagan's enormous, fuzzy bison-hide coat causes Twitter furor".
External links
Media related to Bison coats at Wikimedia Commons
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