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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Pair of women’s leggings with polychrome ribbonwork and beading Unidentified Native American; Osage 84.1149 wool, rayon, glass
Jar shaped coiled basket with geometric designs Unidentified Native American; Apache, Western (artist and user) 71.803 willow
Shallow tripod bowl with single standing human figure Mesoamerican; Mayan 54.1710 clay, polychrome
Circle of Sun Joe Anna Arnett American 01.2542 oil on linen
Hano polychrome ceramic seed jar with "stylized bird" painted design Nampeyo Native American; Hopi Tewa 54.4423 clay, pigment
Woman's beaded moccasins with geometric designs and interior parfleche soles Unidentified Native American; Cheyenne 84.400a-b semi-tanned hide, rawhide with hair, glass, sinew (pigment from a previous use of rawhide not part of the mocassin design)
Ceramic turtle effigy vessel with geometric designs in black, violet, white, and maroon Central American; Panamanian, Gran Coclé 54.3445 clay
Ceramic vessel with painted geometric and curvilinear designs Central American; Panamanian, Gran Coclé 54.3454 clay
Ceramic effigy vessel Central American; Panamanian, Gran Coclé 54.7890 clay
Men’s beaded leather moccasins with white beaded field with a line of green beading and geometric patterns around perimeter Unidentified Native American; Cheyenne 84.329a-b commercial leather, glass, cotton
Woman's beaded high-top moccasins with silver buttons Unidentified Native American; possibly Southern Cheyenne or Arapaho 84.435a-b hide, glass, metal
Woman’s beaded and quilled leather moccasins Unidentified Native American; Cheyenne, Southern 84.373a-b semi-tanned hide, rawhide, glass, porcupine quills, natural dyes, sinew, cotton thread
Woman’s beaded leather moccasins with floral designs Native American; Eastern Sioux 84.287a-b leather, glass, silk, cotton cloth, cotton string.
Leather moccasins with beaded geometric designs Native American; Sioux 84.356a-b leather, glass, cotton string, metal, feathers