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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…

Portrait of a woman standing in a room with a bed and desk, looking out a window. She is wearing a white cotton or linen shortgown over a skirt and leggings. Her blanket and felt hat are on the desk before the window out of which she is gazing.

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.

Dark blue woolen broadcloth or stroud skirt with drawstring at waist drawn through the top of a black cotton panel. The skirt has a side-front vent. Hem and vent are embellished with eight rows of diamond mesh ribbonwork and white seed bead edging…

This pair of sleeves is made from red stroud with woolen tape trim in blue and green, bordered with a white seed bead linear motif.

Red stroud skirt with selvedge at top and ottertail ribbonwork around hem and on side of wrap around.

Machine stitched blouse of the style known in the fur trade as a "shortgown" made from turkey red calico print. Sleeves made all in one piece with the body. No shoulder or center seams. Made to be worn under the strap dress 50.1/7369 A.

Blue stroud base with red stroud straps and extension at hem. Four horizontal rows of white seed beads in lane stitch around skirt with tassels terminating in thimbles at intervals.

Candid side view photograph of Mrs. George Walters holding an eagle staff taken during festivities, possibly the June 14th Celebration. Two men in citizen's dress stand in the background. Woman with ankle-length cotton skirt and tartan shawl…