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172 Items

19th century - 20th century | sinew

Buffalo sinew strip tied in two knots

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, 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

late 19th century | leather, glass, sinew, wood, metal

A beaded knife sheath and metal knife with a wood handle

Unknown | mahogany variety of obsidian

Large bi-facially chipped obsidian blade

800 - 1520 CE | copper

Standard sized axe shaped smelted copper

late 19th century | metal, leather, sinew

A scraper with a metal end

19th century | ivory, leather

Effigy toggle

19th century | bone

Club made from walrus penis bone

19th century | ivory

Ivory fire drill base

19th century | ivory

Ivory axe

19th century | fossil ivory

Ivory harpoon toggle butt

19th century | ivory

Ivory bear effigy toggle

19th century | ivory

Ivory harpoon foreshaft

Unknown | obsidian

Large bi-facially chipped obsidian blade

Early 1900s | Ivory

Ivory handle or fastener