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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Wooden sculpting tool American TU2009.39.252d
The Cooper's Shop Stephen James Ferris American 14.354 printing ink on paper
Fascismo II Leopoldo Méndez, La Estampa Mexicana Mexican 17.49.20 woodcut on paper
Buffalo sinew strip tied in two knots Unknown Native American; Pawnee 87.1 sinew
Curved elk antler tine drum tool Unknown Native American; Osage (artist and user) 83.3237 elk antler
The Shipwright Charles Banks Wilson American 13.2188 ink and pen on paper
Claim by Jesse McLain against Cherokee Nation when his keelboat was sunk by steamboat Victoria Native American, Cherokee 4026.1633 ink on paper
Parfleche envelope with yellow, green, red, and blue dyes Native American; Nez Perce 89.103 rawhide, pigment
Ivory cylinder with a carved animal head and two bears Arctic, Inuit 83.1361 Ivory
Inuit bird spear with ivory prongs Arctic, Inuit 84.1338 wood, ivory, rope, bone, twine and pigment
Paleolithic Man Frederic Remington American 08.49 lost-wax cast in bronze
A beaded knife sheath and metal knife with a wood handle Native American; Plains 84.776a-b leather, glass, sinew, wood, metal
A knife sheath painted inside and out and a metal knife with a wooden handle Native American; Plains 84.784a-b leather, pigment, wood, metal
A leather knife sheath decorated with brass buttons Native American; Crow, possibly Blackfeet 84.781a-c leather, metal, wood, brass
Quirt decorated with brass tacks and four separate silver ornaments, rawhide lask, and piece of cloth tied to handle Native American; Plains 84.767 wood, brass, silver, rawhide
Ungrooved basalt axe Southeast, Mississippian 61.18795 Stone, basalt
Ivory sinker Arctic, Inuit 83.1478 Ivory
Spoliation Claim J. L. Hargett, Unknown Native Americans, Cherokee 4026.997 ink on paper
Ivory sled runner Arctic, Inuit 83.1513 Fossil Ivory
Ivory fire drill base Arctic, Inuit 83.1368 Ivory