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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Boy's beaded dance moccasins with fringed instep and beaded band above sole Julia Pipestem, Harry Roy Red Eagle, Gregory Perino Native American; Otoe-Missouria (artist), Osage (user) 84.829h-i semi-tanned skin, dye, glass, cotton
Jade effigy pendant Mesoamerican; Mayan 61.8530 jade
Ivory human effigy Arctic, Aleut 83.1355 Ivory
Jade square bead or pendant Mesoamerican; Mayan 61.8591 jade
Comala style tripod jar in the form of a squash with animal heads as the legs Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.2093 clay, burnished red slip
Nayarit Style female ceramic funerary effigy Mesoamerican; Teuchitlan 54.4130 clay, slip, paint
Ixtlan del Rio style solid ceramic anthropomorphic figure Mesoamerican 54.3904 clay, slip, paint
Tomahawk pipe with a conventional blade Unknown 84.1101 wood, metal, buck hide
Tuxcacuesco-Ortices style, a "Teco" variant, solid female figurine strapped to a litter Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.3759 clay
Grooved and polished obsidian labret or lip plug Mesoamerican 61.8569 obsidian
Clay "elbow" style pipe made for trade with a human effigy on bowl European 54.4518 clay
Human stone head with ritual ball game regalia Mesoamerican; Vera Cruz 61.8888 stone
Ixtlan del Rio style hollow male musician playing a rasp Mesoamerican 54.4032 clay, slip, paint
Ceramic effigy rattle Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.3769 clay
Jade human face effigy Mesoamerican; Mayan 55.226 jadeite
Jade bead necklace Mesoamerican 55.164 jade
Pipe bag with beaded panel featuring a woman and geometric designs Native American; Lakota 84.505 leather, glass, quills, metal, feathers
Ceramic effigy rattle Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.3859 clay
Carved wooden mask Arctic, Inuit 73.403 Wood
Jade effigy pendant Mesoamerican; Mayan 55.234 jade