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Classification: Ethnographic Objects

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
War club made with stone and wood Unknown Native American; Apache (artist and user) 84.968 wood, stone, sinew
Painted stone war club with wood handle and horsehair decoration Unknown Native American 84.3061 cotton, stone, wood, horsehair
Feathered headdress with brown felt base and eagle’s feather trailer mounted on wool Stroud cloth Unknown Native American; Plains, Central Plains, possibly Kaw 84.3063 feather (eagle), glass, wool, felt, horsehair, fur (rabbit)
War club with stone head and leather handle Steve and Tony Bolinger Native American; Osage 84.3412 rawhide, horse hair, shell, bone
Carved wooden Bois d'arc bow Blas Placidio Native American; Kiowa 84.3118 wood, hide (raw), horsehair
Carved wooden bow with blue, gold, clear, and green beading Unknown Native American 84.932 wood, glass, thread, cotton
Osage blanket made of ribbon and wool with silver sequins and stripped ribbon work Unknown, Carol King Rachlin Native American; Osage 84.3235 wool, plastic, dye
Beaded awl case with metal clinkers and twisted fringe Unknown Native American; Comanche 84.710 hide, glass, metal
Wooden awl and beaded case with metal cones and pearl-like beads Unknown Native American; Comanche 84.729a-b hide, wood, glass, metal
Painted cradleboard with brass pins and bells with beaded straps Unknown Native American; Osage 84.630 pigment, wood, brass, yarn, glass
Metal dance bells on leather straps Unknown Native American; Central Plains 84.815a-b hide, metal
Man's beaded belt with thin metal buckle and red floral design Unknown Native American; Kaw 84.3046 metal, glass, cloth
Metal dance bells on leather strips Unknown Native American; Central Plains 84.816a-b hide, metal
Curved wooden bow with sinew string, arrows and quiver Unknown Native American 62.110a-o wood, stone, feather, hide
Beaded leather awl case with metal cones and beadwork Unknown Native American; possibly Comanche or Kiowa 84.711 hide, glass, sinew
Girl's leather dress with fringe and beaded detailing Unknown Native American; Cheyenne 84.3152 buck hide, glass, metal
Woman's red cape with floral design and pink lace on hem Mary Waggeby Native American; Seminole 99.214 synthetic fiber, cotton
Metal dance bells on strips of leather Unknown Native American; Potawatomi 84.814a-b hide, metal
Strike-a-light bag with beading and metal jingles Unknown Native American; possibly Cheyenne or Arapaho 84.565 hide, glass, metal
Beaded leather cradleboard with fringe Unknown Native American; Cheyenne 84.624a-d semi-tanned hide, sinew, glass, wood, cotton textiles, cotton thread, metal tacks, likely brass