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Tales & Treasures: Plain Clothes

Dr. Jamie Morton shows us two examples of indigenous clothing items from the Canadian prairies: A moose hide coat from the John Halkett collection and a beaded Cree hood, both made with HBC trade goods.

Dr. Jamie Morton, curator of the Hudson's Bay Company Collection at the Manitoba Museum shows us two examples of indigenous clothing items from the Canadian prairies: A moose hide coat from the John Halkett collection and a beaded Cree hood, both made with HBC trade goods.

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