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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Ivory harpoon point Arctic, Inuit 83.1638 Bone
A beaded knife sheath Native American; Plains 84.780 leather, glass, sinew. metal, horsehair
Tomahawk pipe with a buffalo design on the blade Emil William Lenders Native American; Ponca 84.1116 wood, metal
Weapons of the Weak American TU2009.39.4019 paper
War club with stick handle attached to a rock head with a secure wrap of rawhide Native American; Plains 84.1123 wood, leather, hair, beads, sinew, stone
Ivory harpoon point Arctic, Inuit 83.1639 Ivory
A leather knife sheath with beadwork decorating the outer edge Native American; Crow 84.779 leather, glass, cloth, sinew, pigment
Ungrooved basalt axe Southeast, Mississippian 61.18795 Stone, basalt
Indian Tribes Fighting Unknown American TU2009.39.6732a gelatin silver process
Small war club constructed of a stick handle attached to a rock head with a secure wrap of rawhide Native American; Plains 84.2455 wood, leather, buffalo hair, beads, sinew, stone
Bone projectile point Arctic, Inuit 83.1903 Bone
A leather knife sheath with brass buttons decorating the edge and some quillwork still visible Native American; Plains 84.785 leather, brass, quill
Stemmed projectile point Mesoamerican 61.8613 obsidian
Indian Tribes Fighting Unknown American TU2009.39.6732b gelatin silver process
Sharp’s Carbine Rifle model 1863 American 62.50 wood, metal
Ivory projectile point Arctic, Inuit 83.2000 Ivory
Parfleche knife sheath with painted designs Native American; Plains 89.58 leather
Serrated projectile point Mesoamerican 61.8616 obsidian
Northern Plains shield cover Unknown, Joseph Henry Sharp Collection Native American; possibly Oc'eti S'akowin (Great Sioux Nation) or Crow 89.114 paint on rawhide, feathers
Obsidian blade Mesoamerican 61.8781 obsidian