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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Buffalo sinew strip tied in two knots Unidentified Native American; Pawnee 87.1 sinew
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
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
A beaded knife sheath and metal knife with a wood handle Native American; Plains 84.776a-b leather, glass, sinew, wood, metal
Ivory sled runner Native American; Inuit 83.1513 fossil ivory
In the style of an Ameca-Etzatlan style hollow male ceramic figure sculpture Mesoamerican 54.4198 clay, slip, paint
Ivory harpoon foreshaft Native American; Inuit 83.1868 ivory
Ivory effigy toggle Native American; Inuit 83.1338 ivory
Knife with iron blade and bone handle Native American; possibly Aleut 84.1373 iron, bone
Ivory cribbage board in the shape of a polar bear Native American; Inuit 83.1218 ivory
Ivory effigy toggle Native American; Inuit 83.1545 ivory
Obsidian projectile point Mesoamerican 61.8937 obsidian
Ivory sinker Native American; Inuit 83.1479 ivory
Elk antler hide scraper Native American; Sioux 83.1922 elk horn, wood
Ivory sinker Native American; Inuit 83.1758 ivory
Engraved elk horn hide scraper Unidentified Native American; Ponca 83.1992 elk horn