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641 Items

19th century - 20th century | sinew

Buffalo sinew strip tied in two knots

2000 BCE - 1000 CE | Stone, hematite

Stone plummet

1000 -- 1600 CE | Stone -- sandstone

Sandstone grinding stones or abraiders

circa 1890 | rawhide, pigment

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

1800s | Ivory

Ivory cylinder with a carved animal head and two bears

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

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

19th century | wood, ivory, rope, bone, twine and pigment

Inuit bird spear with ivory prongs

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

A leather knife sheath decorated with brass buttons

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

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

1800s | Ivory

Ivory bear effigy

1800s | Ivory

Ivory snow knife

1800s | Fossil Ivory

Ivory harpoon toggle butt

1800s | Ivory

Ivory sinker

1800s | Wood, Glass Beads, Bone

Wooden atlatl with bone and bead decoration

1800s | Bone, Chert, Sinew

Whale harpoon head

200 BCE -- 500 CE | Stone

Bifacially thinned heat treated stone North blade

Unknown | Stone

Stone end scraper

2000 BCE - 1000 CE | Stone

Large bifacially thinned stone blade