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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Trade bead necklace created with mescal beans Unidentified Native American; Tonkawa 80.6 bean (mescal)
Trade bead necklace with additional mescal beans Unidentified, Emil William Lenders Native American; Otoe-Missouria (artist and user) 80.8 bean (mescal)
Trade bead necklace with mescal beans Unidentified Native American; Osage (artist and user) 80.9 bean (mescal)
German silver arm bands with stamped diamond designs Ernest Emmett Thompson, Mary and Lawrence Bryan, Unidentified Native American; possibly Osage 69.170a-b German silver, semi-tanned hide
Dyed deer hair and porcupine hair roach with cotton shoestring ties Steve and Tony Bolinger Native American; Osage 84.3419 deer hair, porcupine quills, cotton cord, cotton shoestring, wooden spool, dye, cellophane tape, cotton thread, semi-tanned hide
Beaded legging strip with blue, yellow, and red beads Unidentified, Tyrone Stewart Native American; possibly Ponca 84.1854 hide (buffalo), glass
Fingerwoven garters in red, green, and purple with fringe and white beaded trim Sean Standingbear, Tyrone Stewart Native American; Osage 84.1876a-b wool, glass
Native American Church bolo tie Rusty Lowe Native American; Muscogee (Creek), Seminole 84.2954 hide, beads, nickel, silver, thread, nylon, elastic
Beaded legging strip with diagonal stripes Unidentified Native American; Ponca (artist and user) 84.1852 hide (buffalo), glass
Beaded necklace in the shape of a peyote water bird Unidentified Native American; Kiowa 84.2955 hide, glass, plastic, shell (cowrie)
Long, loom beaded belt with blue beads Unidentified Native American; possibly Kiowa 84.1869 hide, glass
Silver peyote church earrings Adam Caesar Native American 84.2855a-b silver
Bear claw necklace with alternating claws and brass beads Unidentified Native American 84.2157 brass, claws (bear), fur (otter)
Bear claw necklace with silver and coral beads and bezel-set cabochon turquoise stones Woody Max Crumbo Native American 84.2145 silver, coral, turquoise, claws, wire
Mescal bean necklace interspersed with glass and white beads, strung on fine wire Unidentified, Mary and Lawrence Bryan, Ernest Emmett Thompson Native American; Kaw 84.3025 bean (mescal), metal, glass
Loom beaded headband stitched to two different ties Unidentified, Mary and Lawrence Bryan, Ernest Emmett Thompson Native American; Cherokee 84.3026 leather, glass, horsehair
Leather strip with beaded designs, shells, and floral cotton on interior of pocket Unidentified Native American; possibly Shawnee 84.3535 hide, glass, shell, cotton
Beaded strip with beaded geometric design in red, white, green and blue Unidentified Native American 84.3538 hide, glass
Red felt necklace worn with stickball regalia Liza Leader Native American; Muscogee (Creek) 95.30 felt
Hot pink yarn anklets worn with moccasins Unidentified Native American; Osage 97.1a-b wool