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244 Items

19th century - 20th century | sinew

Buffalo sinew strip tied in two knots

2000 BCE - 1000 CE | Stone, hematite

Stone plummet

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

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

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

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

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

A leather knife sheath decorated with brass buttons

Unknown | wood, brass, silver, rawhide

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

2000 BCE-700 CE | Stone

Grooved stone axe

2000 BCE - 700 CE | Stone

3/4 grooved axe

1000 BCE -- 700 CE | Copper

Copper Celt

1000 BCE -- 700 CE | Copper

Copper Celt

1800s | Ivory

Ivory animal effigy

1800s | Ivory

Ivory effigy toggle

1800s | Walrus Penis Bone

Club made from walrus penis bone

1800s | Ivory

Ivory axe

300 BCE - 300 CE | obsidian

Expended remnant of an obsidian core

Unknown | obsidian

Obsidian projectile point

1800s | Ivory

Ivory snow knife