Dance

In making this object, Linda Cohen maintained Ojibwe tradition by using the same materials as her ancestors used -- a tree branch stripped of bark, a deer antler and leg, and rabbit fur. This staff was acquired from the maker at the 1997 Bear River Pow-Wow on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation.

A Menominee man wore this flowered calico dance shirt, with its heavy shoulder beading, along with leggings, sashes, jewelry, and other accoutrements. The entire ensemble was worn at drum, ghost, and rain dances. The fragile nature of this object indicates extensive wear. Charles E. Kelsey acquired the shirt when he served as the agency clerk at the Menominee Reservation at Keshena, Wisconsin from 1887 to 1895.