Blue Woolen Blanket with Floral Beadwork and Embroidery

Blue Woolen Blanket with Floral Beadwork and Embroidery

2007.41.1.4

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.

1855, before

James Bay Cree

Hudson Bay

Blue stroud, silk embroidery thread, silk ribbon

The only documentation on this ensemble is an old note: "Grannie's red Indian dress bought in Canada about 1856- or a few years earlier." In 2005, Christie's attributed the outfit to the "Cree." In the ROM catalogue record it became, "James Bay Cree, Northern Ontario or Quebec."" Arni Brownstone

https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/562007.41.1.1 and 2007.41.1.1.2-3

strap dress ensemble

ROM First Peoples Gallery

52.33326, -81.74989 (N 52°20′00″ W 81°45′00″)

cape or blanket