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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…

Blouse made of blue cotton with tiny white polka dots has large collar, yoke, long full sleeves gathered into cuffs and red scalloped ribbon trim around the collar, down the center front and around the hem. The blouse extends to midthigh. It is faded…

Wooden female doll has carved and painted face. She wears a cotton shortgown, woolen skirt and leggings, with moccasins and multiple necklaces of black and white beads that represent wampum. She has a silver hair club at the back. She is paired with…

Navy blue woollen skirt is sewn together to form a tube. It has a wide cotton band at waist with drawstrings, and four horizontal ribbon stripes around hem (from bottom: green, yellow, red and pink).

Pink cotton shirt with gathering at neck, shoulders and cuffs. Deep centerfront opening on either side of neck gathered into band with box pleats facing upwards towards neck.

This small painting portrays a woman wearing a strap dress ensemble. It is particularly interesting for the fur trade silver arranged on the straps and front flap, and details of multiple strands of bead necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets,…

This composition depicts four Anishinaabe women wearing strap dresses. The one on the far left is standing, while the other three are seated. The one on the far right is breastfeeding a baby in a cradleboard (tikinagan). Three of the women are…

This small drawing shows a woman wearing a blue strap dress with red leggings. She is seated on a hillside in the traditional posture of Anishinaabe women. Worn without the sleeves, this side view accurately depicts how the dress would fall loose…

This drawing shows how a mother might wear her strap dress with a blanket loosely wrapped around her waist. It accurately portrays how the flap and straps would fall over a woman's chest. The fall of the sleeves is slightly less accurate, as the…

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…