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Tags: Great Plains

199 Items

19th century - 20th century | sinew

19th century - 20th century | sinew

Buffalo sinew strip tied in two knots

late 19th century | wood, quill, feather, horse hair, cotton string, stone

late 19th century | wood, quill, feather, horse hair, cotton string, stone

Wood pipe stem with quills and feathers

late 19th century | Wood, Quills, Feathers, Silk, Cotton String

late 19th century | Wood, Quills, Feathers, Silk, Cotton String

Wood pipe stem with quills and feathers

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

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

Wood pipe stem with porcupine quills and feathers depicting a bird

late 19th century | catlinite

late 19th century | catlinite

Red polished catlinite pipe bowl

late 19th century | catlinite

late 19th century | catlinite

Red polished catlinite pipe bowl

circa 1930 | leather, glass, quills, dyes, cotton string

circa 1930 | leather, glass, quills, dyes, cotton string

Quilled and beaded buffalo hide moccasins with geometric designs

late 19th century - early 20th century | leather, glass

late 19th century - early 20th century | leather, glass

Small beaded bag with stiff fringe

late 19th century | wood, leather

late 19th century | wood, leather

Large wooden hoop with leather netting used in the Hoop Game

circa 1890 | wood, metal

circa 1890 | wood, metal

Stick with metal

circa 1890 | rawhide, pigment

circa 1890 | rawhide, pigment

Parfleche envelope with yellow, green, red, and blue dyes

circa 1900 | leather, pigment

circa 1900 | leather, pigment

Yellow ochre in a leather bag

circa 1900 | leather, pigment

circa 1900 | leather, pigment

Red ochre in a leather bag

circa 1930 | leather, quills, metal, feathers, cotton cloth, cotton string, hide

circa 1930 | leather, quills, metal, feathers, cotton cloth, cotton string, hide

Men's quilled leather moccasins with split tongue and metal cone tassels

Unknown | leather, glass, metal

Unknown | leather, glass, metal

Woman's horse crupper decorated with leather, beads, and spoons

late 19th century | leather, glass, sinew, wood, metal

A beaded knife sheath and metal knife with a wood handle

circa 19th century | leather, metal, wood, brass

circa 19th century | leather, metal, wood, brass

A leather knife sheath decorated with brass buttons

late 19th century | leather, pigment, wood, metal

late 19th century | leather, pigment, wood, metal

A knife sheath painted inside and out and a metal knife with a wooden handle

Unknown | wood, brass, silver, rawhide

Unknown | wood, brass, silver, rawhide

Quirt decorated with brass tacks and four separate silver ornaments, rawhide lask, and piece of cloth tied to handle

late 19th century | catlinite (red steatite or pipestone), wood

Pipe bowl