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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.

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…

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…

This pair of straps from a strap dress is made of a layer of stiff canvas on the back and red stroud on the front, with linear applique beadwork sewn through both layers. Motifs focus around a variation of the ottertail motif with panels of diamond…

Male doll with wampum belt woven with diamond motif and silver cresent brooch at neck. He wears a ruffled linen shirt and blue stroud leggings under a red linen blanket with horizontal rows of alternating brown and yellow tape. His regalia is…

Male doll with carved and painted wooden face wears wampum belt around neck and the remnants of a decomposing straw hat. He is wearing a linen ruffled shirt and faded black blanket with white and blue ribbonwork on edges and two horizontal rows of…

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…