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185 Items

early 20th century | glass, velvet, silk

Beaded vest with overlay stitch and plant designs

mid to late 19th century | horn, glass, leather, quills, horse hair, metal, sinew

Horn spoon with leather, glass beads, and horse hair

19th century | leather, pigment, wool

Flat case parfleche with geometric designs on the front

late 19th century | leather, metal, hairpipe bone

Hairpipe breastplate with leather and metal

circa 1900 | leather, glass, cotton cloth, metal, feathers, cotton string

Beaded buffalo hide moccasins with metal cone tassels on the tongue

late 19th century | turkey leg, turkey claw, buckskin

Quirt made from a dried turkey leg with claws

19th century | leather, glass, metal, horse hair

Possible bag with beaded panels and beaded flap

19th century | hide, porcupine quill, horse hair, metal

Quilled ornament decorated with red and orange quills, dyed red feathers, and orange and purple horse hair

19th century | leather, brass, quill

A leather knife sheath with brass buttons decorating the edge and some quillwork still visible

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

Turtle bone and bead necklace

1920 - 1930 | hide, glass

Beaded moccasins with multiple geometric designs at vamp and perimeter

19th century | wood, leather, buffalo hair, beads, sinew, stone

Small war club constructed of a stick handle attached to a rock head with a secure wrap of rawhide

19th century | leather, pigment, wool

Flat case parfleche with geometric designs on the front

late 19th century - early 20th century | leather, glass, cotton cloth, sinew

Leather moccasins with beaded floral designs

circa 1890 - 1900 | leather, rawhide, glass, cotton cloth, cotton string

Beaded leather moccasins with geometric designs

late 19th century | bone, brass, rawhide

Quirt with bone handle and brass tacks

19th century | leather, glass, metal, horse hair

Possible bag with beaded panels

early 20th century | glass, turquoise, metal clasp, cloth string, shell

Bead necklace with turquoise and heishi

late 19th century | metal, leather, sinew

A scraper with a metal end

19th century | commercially tanned leather, semi-tanned leather, sinew, glass beads, tinned-iron tinklers

Beaded strike-a-light bag with leather fringe on the bottom of the bag and on the flap as a tie