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

Object | Accession Number: 1997.81.1

Geography: use: Shanghai (China)
Classification: Clothing and Dress
Category: Children's clothing
Object Type: Jackets (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eva Grudin. In Memory of Ann and Fred Ungar.

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
Contributor: Subject: Eva Grudin
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The jacket was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Eva Ungar Grudin.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:23:34
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