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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Miniature leather moccasins with beadwork and yellow pigment Unidentified Native American; Plains 84.943a-b hide, glass, pigment
Beaded hair ornaments on hide Unidentified Native American; possibly Osage or Cheyenne 84.850a-b hide, glass
Quilled and beaded hide pipe bag with bear paw design Unidentified Native American; Ponca 84.514 hide, glass, quill
Beaded drawstring bag with fringe Emil William Lenders Native American; Ponca 84.558 glass, hide
Strand of wampum beads made to look like quahog in purple and white Unidentified Native American; possibly Delaware or Cherokee 90.814 glass, cotton
Hide rattle with shells and glass beads Unidentified Native American 90.812 hide, shell, glass
Woman's beaded hide leggings with geometric designs Unidentified Native American; Cheyenne, Southern 84.456a-b semi-tanned hide (possibly buffalo hide used as a thin strip added to the tops), glass, sinew, cotton thread, dye
Beaded leather pipe bag with fringe and metal cones Unidentified Native American; possibly Oc'eti S'akowin (Sioux) 84.512 metal, glass, hide
Boy's hide leggings with twisted fringe and faceted beaded edging Unidentified Native American; Kiowa 84.457a-b hide, silk, beads
Feather Aningha peyote fan Robert Littledance Native American; possibly Ponca, Osage 84.824 feather, leather, glass
Beaded semi-tanned skin pipe bag with fringe Unidentified Native American; Cheyenne, Southern 84.519 semi-tanned skin, glass, sinew, pigment
Boy's leather shirt with fringe Unidentified Native American; Arapaho 84.841c Semi-tanned skin, yellow dye, red pigment, glass beads, wool.
Fringed semi-tanned skin dress with beadwork designs Unidentified Native American; possibly Apache or Jicarilla 84.1808 semi-tanned hide, glass, thread
Girl's buckskin dress with blue, red, and white lazy stitched beading and fringe Unidentified Native American; possibly Apache 84.1807 hide (buckskin), glass
Woman’s dress with scalloped trim beading, fringe, and metal jingles Unidentified Native American; Arapaho 84.1798 semi-tanned hide, glass beads, tinned-iron tinklers, cotton thread
Gourd peyote rattle with wooden handle Unidentified Native American 84.2843 gourd, wood, hide
Feather peyote fan with beaded handle Justin C. Chischillie Native American 84.3009 feather, leather, glass
Gourd peyote rattle with wooden handle Unidentified Native American 84.2845 gourd, wood, hide
Loom beaded headband stitched to two different ties Unidentified Native American; Cherokee 84.3026 leather, glass, horsehair
Bell gourd peyote rattle with beaded handle and chicken shackles Unidentified Native American 84.2847 gourd, leather, glass, feather, horse hair