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late 19th century | wood, quill (porcupine), feathers, silk

Wood pipe stem with porcupine quills and feathers depicting a bird

late 19th century | catlinite

Red polished catlinite pipe bowl

late 19th century | soapstone, lead

Soapstone pipe bowl

late 19th century | catlinite

Red polished catlinite pipe bowl

mid-20th century | casein on watercolor board

Cherokees at ceremonial fire

300 - 900 CE | clay

Ceramic human effigy figure with bird mask

300 BCE - 300 CE | clay, slip, paint

Tuxcacuesco-Ortices style, a "Teco" variant, solid human figurine

300 - 900 CE | clay

Ceramic bird effigy figure

jade

Jade duck effigy pendant

2000 BCE - 1000 CE | Stone, hematite

Stone plummet

circa 1900 | leather, pigment

Red ochre in a leather bag

circa 1900 | seal gut, wood

Hide covered model kayak with wooden frame and figures

1800s | Ivory

Ivory cylinder with a carved animal head and two bears

1800s | Wood, teeth, quill, baleen

Wooden mask with carved feature, animal teeth in the mouth, and a baleen halo around the mask

700 - 1600 CE | flint clay (often called Arkansas Bauxite) and catlinite

Human effigy pipe appearing to hold a large rattle in his left hand

700 - 1600 CE | Marine Shell, Pigment

Incised shell fragment

700 - 1600 CE | Marine Shell, Pigment

Incised shell fragment

300 BCE - 200 CE | clay

Comala style hollow ceramic funerary standing parrot effigy

700-1600 CE | Stone -- sandstone

Sandstone owl effigy pipe

Unknown | obsidian

Grooved and polished obsidian labret or lip plug