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439 Items

circa 1900 | wool, silk, glass

Friendship blanket made of blue broadcloth with ribbon work and yellow beaded appliqued hands

20th century | wool, cotton, glass

Finger woven sash with arrow design in blue, green, and red with long fringe and white beads

circa 1900 | hide, glass, metal, pigment, cotton

Hard soled beaded leather moccasins with geometric designs on the vamp, cuff, and in a circular pattern near the tongue

19th century - 20th century | glass, wool

Bandolier bag with beaded floral designs on wool

mid-20th century | hide, wool, glass, feather

Feathered headdress with beaded headband and medallions

circa 1910 | hide, glass, yellow ochre, cotton

Lightweight hard soled moccasin with beaded and fringed upper and double row of beads from arch to toe

circa 1904 | leather, glass, sinew

Beaded leather moccasins with red, white, green, and blue geometric designs

19th century - 20th century | wood

Native American Church staff

1970 - 1985 | hide, velvet, glass, cotton

Child's moccasins with purple velvet cuffs and blue, green, and white geometric designs on the toe

early 20th century | hide, glass, cotton

Fully beaded hard soled moccasins with geometric designs against a white beaded background and fully beaded tongue

early 20th century | hide, glass, cotton

Southern Plains style beaded leather moccasins with rounded tongues and lined with cream colored fabric interiors.

early 20th century | hide, glass, cotton

Hard soled moccasins with blue, green, red, and black geometric designs against a white background

circa 1900 | hide, glass, yellow ochre, cotton

Man's hard soled moccasins with hide uppers and geometric designs against a complete white background

20th century | glass

Red and white glass trade beaded necklace

19th century - 20th century | beads, wool

Beaded wool leggings

late 19th century - early 20th century | wool, shell (dentalium), brass, silk, cotton

Blue wool dress with a mantle of dentalium shells and pink beaded collar

tempera on paper

A Religious Leader in Indian Ceremony

early 20th century | wool, textile, silk, beads

Ribbon dance blanket made of blue broadcloth with ribbon work, brass bells, appliqued hands in green silk with beads

20th century | glass

Glass beaded necklace

circa 1904 | hide, glass, sinew

Children's moccasins with two vertical beaded strips on the toe and a white background