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"Queen Anne" style fashion doll dating from the early 19th century wears wrap-around skirt of extrafine brown broadcloth (typically only worn by wealthy members of fur trade families) decorated with multicolored tiny beads in a zig zag motif, a…

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 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 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 watercolor depicts a man and woman identified as Abenakis. The man wears a white blanket over blue cloth leggings and a white shirt. His accessories include a hood with geometric motifs and tassles, a large silver disc necklace and pucker-toed…

This watercolor depicts a man and woman identified as Algonquins. The man wears a white blanket over a breechcloth and leggings. His accessories include a painted paddle, earrings, face paint and center-seam moccasins. The woman wears a white blanket…

Black woolen cloth wrap-around skirt with wide silk ribbon decorating one side and hem. Linear floral beadwork is sewn on top of the ribbon. The skirt is tied with a string at the waist and falls to about midway down the wearer's legs.

Shortgown of cotton print fabric, sewn with sleeves in one piece with the body. Two kinds of silver brooches decorate the front in a symetrical pattern.

Pair of strap dress sleeves made from cotton sateen, held together at the center back by a short panel of solid applique beadwork with four equidistant crosses. Two horizontal and seven vertical panels of diamond mesh linear beadwork over ribbon.