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Meeting the Ancestors

While the Blackfoot shirts were visiting Alberta, we held handling sessions with them and Blackfoot people. We hoped that this would allow people to learn directly from their ancestors' work and to 'meet' these ancestors.

 

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About the Shirts

Relations between the Blackfoot-speaking peoples and fur trade companies
What are the Blackfoot shirts in the Pitt Rivers Museum made of?
What the shirts tell us
How did the shirts get to the Pitt Rivers Museum?
The Process of restoring and conserving the Blackfoot shirts
Identifying the plant material in the quillwork
Meeting the Ancestors
Shirt for formal occasions
Shirt for working
Shirt that tells its history
Shirt with layers of paint
Shirt with painted war honours
Trade goods at Fort Edmonton - 1841
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