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European style, ceremonial red velvet dress with tin cut outs, zipper closure, bottom decorated with black & blue cloth band & strip of red rickrack

Sleeve made of black wool and lined with beige cotton with pink and gold patches, cuff edged with orange cotton and 6 rows of beadwork in a curvilinear design

Black broadcloth leggings, with appliquéd floral beadwork using sinew, beadwork panels has ribbon border with a beaded inner and outer edging

Legging of blue ribbed cloth with lining, Horizontal leather strips with pinked edges & fringes, Vertical leather strips sewn on, Tube & seed bead applique

Red stroud legging, blue calico lining, geometric beadwork, straight & scallop lines of beads in double row design, buckskin throng whip-stitched with brass beads

Red cotton leggings, 4 black stripes, varying width at bottom, possible blanket material, bottom edge is hemmed, top edge is not and is frayed

Home tanned deerskin with quillwork applique, attributed to Honore Picotte, St. Louis-based fur trader.

Anishinaabe beaded moss bag made of possibly wool fabric with white selvedge sewn along the bag opening, lined with plaid patterned fabric. Beadwork is applied over cotton ribbon up the centre of the bag. Motifs include otter tail, zigzag and wavy lines, alternating dome and

Anishinaabe quilled cigar box or case with lid, made of birchbark trimmed with silk ribbon and sewn with thread. Quillwork depicts floral motifs including thistle, and a possible military crest of a bird with two heads possibly holding arrows in talons. "APAKOSIGAN / MAJOR WILLIAMS"

Anishinaabe birchbark box with lid, sewn with spruce root. Ornamented with natural and dyed porcupine quills in floral and possibly sun or starburst motif. Gift from Josephine Trott.

A tabbed black deerskin bag or pouch with a quilled Thunderbird on each side. Lower portion of the bag on one side depicts castellated line and paired hook or horn motifs. Lower portion on other side depicts pairs of opposed hook or horn motifs and

A pair of Anishinaabe finger woven garters made of woollen yarn with interwoven beadwork in geometric designs of zigzag, cross-hatch and diamond motifs. One end of garters ends in loose thread fringe ornamented with white beads; other end of garters ends in fringe of wrapped

A pair of red trade cloth Anishinaabe leggings lined with calico. Beadwork depicts otter tail pattern; cross-hatch; parallel lines; wavy and zigzag lines; and alternating dome and zig-zag line pattern. Purchased from Mrs. V. J. Evans.