Fringed leather jacket with beaded design worn by a Jewish refugee child in Shanghai

Object | Accession Number: 1997.81.1

Overview

Brief Narrative: Received by Eva Ungar Grudin from American Jewish Charity (probably HIAS). The leather jacket was made in the United States by Native Americans and worn by Eva in Shanghai, China.
Geography: use: Shanghai (China)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eva Grudin. In Memory of Ann and Fred Ungar.
Contributor: Subject: Eva Grudin

Classification: Clothing and Dress
Category: Children's clothing
Object Type: Jackets (lcsh)
Physical Description: Fringed light brown leather Native American style child's jacket with a beaded design on the back. It is inscribed in the interior along the front opening. At the end of both sleeves, the leather is lighter in color and there is a line about 1" in from edge where there is a row of holes where something was stitched onto the jacket. The leather ties at the chest appear to be replacement ties. There is a hole in the back at the juncture of the left sleeve and body. Some of the beads are missing on the design on back.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm)
Materials: overall : leather, glass
Inscription: front, left interior along opening, handwritten, black ink : EVA 1950 / SASCHA 1953 / SUSAN 1955
front, right interior along opening,handwritten, black ink : MONICA 1974 / JEREMIE 1978 / SOPHIE 1991

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The jacket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Eva Ungar Grudin.