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Black wool skirt with ribbonwork edged with clear seed beads.

Blue cotton shortgown with center front opening and wide cuffs with gathered sleeves. Yoke trimmed with two rows of silk ribbon. Silver brooches on back yoke, which is lined with muslin.

Full size stroud strap dress with selvedges adorning hem and chest flap. Hem is additionally decorated with a red stroud extension and two rows of woolen tape about 8 to 10 inches above the hem. The red stroud straps extend below the folded over flap…

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…

This painting depicts a group of Anishinaabek in a birchbark canoe, including one man, four women, two infants and two children. The three women whose dress is visible all wear blue strap dresses, two with blue sleeves and one with red sleeves. 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…

This dress is made of two caribou hides, sewn on both side seams, with the fur side on the interior. At the top, the hide is folded over to create a fur flap all around the circumfrance. The hem is decorated with red, blue and brown painted motifs of…

Female doll has stuffed cloth body with face sewn on. She is wearing a strap dress of black woollen fabric with green wool tape straps decorated with otter tail beadwork in red seed beads. She also wears black woolen leggings and sleeves, trimmed…