High Style - Métis Style Youtube NFB

In my effort to locate videos about Métis voyageurs on youtube for my upcoming presentation at the School for Advanced Research, I came across this video entitled “Canada Vignettes –Métis Coat.” Fiddle music is juxtaposed with drumming, and up close shots of the fine quillwork are interspersed in time to the music. The coat has fine petals and rosettes done in geometric designs, it appears to be a mid-nineteenth century coat frock coat. The fine quillwork and European tailoring make this a good example of Métis work from the Red River. I especially liked the narrators statement at the end,” a Métis coat as fine as silk and gold – high style … Métis style.” Indeed!