The Ballroom Costumes


This dress, as well as the mocassins and leggings worn with it, was also collected by Hayter Reed. Miss Bloomfield was part of the Indian GroupHistorical Fancy Dress Ball, Ottawa  ).
 

Dress worn by Miss Bloomfield
Miss Bloomfield as Many Swans
Dress worn by Miss Bloomfield
as Akeka-Mak-Koye (Many Swans)
Ottawa, 1896
Blackfoot, mid-19th century
Hide, glass beads, porcupine quills
Loan courtesy of the
McCord Museum of Canadian History
931.1.17

© McCord Museum
Miss Bloomfield
as Akeka-Mak-Koye (Many Swans)
Ottawa, 1896
W.J. Topley
National Archives of Canada
PA-191756

 
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