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This painting depicts a group of Anishinaabek sitting around a campfire with several domed wigwams nearby. The woman of the group wears a blue shortgown over a black skirt. The Sault rapids are in the background. Sault Ste. Marie is at the…

This painting depicts a woman seated on the ground leaning against a tree with a cradleboard and infant leaning on a stand nearby. There are a knife case and birchbark basket on the ground next to the mother and baby. In the background is a river…

This portrait depicts the "daughter of a chief from Lake St. Clair," which today is Walpole Island First Nation. The unnamed woman wears a fur robe over a white cotton or linen shirt with gathered neckline. She wears four strands of round beads and…

Full sized cape or blanket is folded over to form a caplet. The edges of the caplet and the hem are trimmed with floral silk embroidery and multicolored tape.

The blue woolen dress has shoulder ties instead of straps. The armholes are formed by folding the fabric over to create flaps over the upper arm. The dress is decorated with ribbonwork edged in white and clear seed beads and including striped tape…

Female cloth doll with ink drawn face has baby and wears an ankle-length blue or black woolen wrap around skirt under a turkey red print shortgown and a wite blanket. She wears a light blue headscarf and mocassins.

Female corn husk doll with human or animal hair wears tailored white shortgown over wrap around skirt with white linear beadwork trim at hem. She also wears leggings with linear beadwork, and deer hide mocassins. She is accompanied by a wooden…

Woolen broadcloth skirt with panels of silk ribbonwork appliqué in a version of the otter tail motif. Main body of the skirt is one panel with ribbonwork along the bottom, and is seamed with a separate narrow panel supporting the band of vertical…

This painted hide strap dress has front and back upper torso flaps that are turned up in the photo, but would be worn turned down. It has a single painted band placed horizontally near the hem. The motif is a series of squares with eight "fingers"…

This painted hide strap dress has front and back upper torso flaps that are turned up in the photo, but would be worn turned down. There are short fringes at the upper corners of these flaps. The dress has two bands of painting above the hem. The…