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183 Items

Wooden sculpting tool

1879 | printing ink on paper

The Cooper's Shop

mid-20th century | woodcut on paper

Fascismo II

19th century - 20th century | sinew

Buffalo sinew strip tied in two knots

20th century | elk antler

Curved elk antler tine drum tool

1944 | ink and pen on paper

The Shipwright

December 2, 1845 | ink on paper

Claim by Jesse McLain against Cherokee Nation when his keelboat was sunk by steamboat Victoria

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

lost-wax cast early 20th century | lost-wax cast in bronze

Paleolithic Man

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

1000 BCE - 1000 CE | Stone, basalt

Ungrooved basalt axe

April 2, 1842 | ink on paper

Spoliation Claim

1800s | Ivory

Ivory fire drill base

1800s | Ivory, Leather

Human effigy toggle

1800s | Ivory

Ivory fire drill base