Made of cotton, plaid, cotton thread?

Top is constructed with two different cotton prints. "Slash" front with no buttons, collar and sleeves bound with red print, front placket bound with blue print. All machine stitched.

Child's dress used in everyday wear.

Cath Oberholtzer notes, "In general, the composition of early collections emphasized a curatorial interest in the exotic aspects of the "other," eschewing those items exhibiting European influences. While hints of changing philosophies begin with Speck's collections, his encouragement in having indigenous items replicated or made to reflect the way they had been made in the past underscores the collecting mandates until the 1950s" (Oberholtzer 2005: 293). Interestingly, this dress is of European design and as Cath Oberholtzer suggests, reflects an effort to collect items that conveyed the reality of Mistassini peoples. Many of the items collected, along with this dress, are worn out, indicating their use. Cath Oberholtzer, "Material Culture of the Eeyou (Mistissini-Eastern James Bay Quebec Cree) Local Expression or Regional Style?" Papers of the Thirty-sixth Algonquian Conference. Christoph Wolfart, editor. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba. pp. 287-321.

NMAI catalogue card.

Item to be cited by Catalog Number, Collection and Institution.

Record created as part of practicum fall 2008.