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Candid side view photograph of Mrs. George Walters holding an eagle staff taken during festivities, possibly the June 14th Celebration. Two men in citizen's dress stand in the background. Woman with ankle-length cotton skirt and tartan shawl…

Female corn husk doll with human or animal hair wears tailored white shortgown over wrap around skirt with white linear beadwork trim at hem. She also wears leggings with linear beadwork, and deer hide mocassins. She is accompanied by a wooden…

This portrait of Mohongo and her baby show her from the waist up. She is wearing a red blouse with multiple strands of beads around her neck and several silverworks either pinned to her blouse or around her neck. Her baby son is holding a peace…

Jane Walters (seated) and unnamed woman (standing, who is probably the same woman named "Mary" in MNHS 57564) pose in a studio. Mrs. Walters is demonstrating how to make white bobbin lace. Both women wear strap dress ensembles with multiple strands…

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…

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 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 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 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,…

Portrait of a woman standing on a plains with teepees in the background. She is wearing a blouse and skirt ensemble with a multicolored blanket over them.