Blue Stroud Strap Dress with Red Straps
Title
Blue Stroud Strap Dress with Red Straps
Identifier
50.1/7369 A
Description
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 about 6 to 8 inches and terminate in decorative selvedge at the back. A decorative front panel and the straps are decorated with diamond mesh beadwork in white and blue seed beads.
Date Created
1913
Source
Anishinaabe-Saulteaux
Spatial Coverage
Cowesses Reserve, SK
Abstract
It was an alternative, and probably later, style to wear a shortgown underneath a strap dress. More typically, the strap dress ensemble would be worn with detachable sleeves, and the shortgown would be worn with a wrap around skirt.
Medium
Blue and Red Stroud, woolen tape, white and blue seed beads, thread
Provenance
Collected by Alanson B. Skinner on a collecting expedition for AMNH.
Relation
Subject
strap dress
References
Clark Wissler. 1915. COSTUMES OF THE PLAINS INDIANS. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS. Volume 17.
Type
Heritage Item
Coverage
50.53336, -102.701 (N 50°32′00″ W 102°42′04″)
Physical Dimensions
L:121 (in CM)
Item Name
dress
Institution URL
Collection
Citation
“Blue Stroud Strap Dress with Red Straps,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 4, 2025, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/20.