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Woolen indigo blue trade cloth sleeves trimmed with multicolored ribbons that form a pair of squares at the center back and floral beadwork at the cuffs.

Woolen indigo blue trade cloth strap dress trimmed with multicolored ribbon horizontal and diagonal rows, with floral beadwork on the straps and the central panel.

Strap dress ensemble composed of blue woolen and cotton cloth dress, blue woolen cloth sleeves and red leggings of inferior woolen cloth. Trimmed with tubular and seed glass beads and woolen tape. The straps are decorated with floral applique…

From Oberholtzer: "Their cloth bodies are stuffed, perhaps with caribou hair, and their heads are carved wood… The female's dress is of painted fetal caribou skin, sewn with the fur inside; it is cinched at the waist by a cotton cloth belt fastened…

From Oberholtzer: "Their cloth bodies are stuffed, perhaps with caribou hair, and their heads are carved wood. Only the male of the pair has bead eyes. He wears a fitted, painted caribou-hide coat, wool cloth leggings (which lack the pointed ankle…

This watercolor shows a fur trader visiting a family of several men, two women, a baby and a dog within their tipi style tent. One woman wears a blanket and leggings with nothing on her upper body. The other woman wears a blue strap dress with red…

This print shows a fur trader visiting a family of several men, two women, a baby and two young men. Both women wear red strap dresses. One of them wears white sleeves with hers, incorrectly drawn. The theme and arrangement of figures is very similar…

This watercolor depicts a family of two men, two women, five children and two babies in front of a birchbark wigwam. One of the women is wearing a blue strap dress with red sleeves, incorrectly drawn so that the straps look like they are part of the…

These sleeves are made of a single piece of caribou hide, folded over the shoulder and upper arm, and sewn along the bottom of the arms, leaving the center front open. The sleeves terminate in cuffs that are folded up onto the arm and decorated with…

This dress can be considered a "side-fold" dress because it is made of a single caribou hide fastened on one side seam with a series of thong ties. It is decorated around the hem with red, blue and brown pigment in motifs of horizontal lines and…