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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).

This portrait of Tshusick depicts her regalia after receiving materials to make it from Thomas McKenney. She wears a "chief's coat" with a wrap around skirt, leggings and moccasins.

This character vignette portrays four women. The two on the left wear shortgowns over skirts that reach to just below the knee. The two on the right wear blankets in different ways. The woman second from right wears her blanket over a skirt, while…

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.

A female descendant of Maungwadaus wears pageant regalia consisting of a Haudenosaunee style skirt with a tunic that has deep pointed scallops at hem and sleeve cuffs. She wears Maungwadaus's bear tooth necklace and a bandolier bag made in the unique…

This painting depicts a woman seated on the ground leaning against a tree with a cradleboard and infant leaning on a stand nearby. There are a knife case and birchbark basket on the ground next to the mother and baby. In the background is a river…

This painting depicts a group of Anishinaabek sitting around a campfire with several domed wigwams nearby. The woman of the group wears a blue shortgown over a black skirt. The Sault rapids are in the background. Sault Ste. Marie is at the…

This portrait depicts the "daughter of a chief from Lake St. Clair," which today is Walpole Island First Nation. The unnamed woman wears a fur robe over a white cotton or linen shirt with gathered neckline. She wears four strands of round beads and…

This watercolor depicts a family of two men, two women, five children and two babies in front of a birchbark wigwam. One of the women is wearing a blue strap dress with red sleeves, incorrectly drawn so that the straps look like they are part of the…

This print shows a fur trader visiting a family of several men, two women, a baby and two young men. Both women wear red strap dresses. One of them wears white sleeves with hers, incorrectly drawn. The theme and arrangement of figures is very similar…