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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
Human effigy toggle Native American; Inuit 83.1156 ivory, leather
Scraper with hade blade and bone handle Native American; Inuit 84.1376 jade, bone, hide
Ivory snow knife Native American; Inuit 83.1119 ivory
Ungrooved basalt axe Southeast, Mississippian 61.18795 Stone, basalt
Ivory fire drill base Native American; Inuit 83.1376 ivory
Ivory harpoon rest Arctic, Inuit 83.1205 Ivory
Ivory sinker Native American; Inuit 83.1483 ivory
A leather knife sheath with beadwork decorating the outer edge Native American; Crow 84.779 leather, glass, cloth, sinew, pigment
Ivory sinker Native American; Inuit 83.1761 ivory
Stone ulu blade Native American; possibly Aleut 61.7160 slate
Knife with iron blade and ivory handle Native American; possibly Inuit 84.1370 iron, ivory
Seal effigy toggle Native American; Inuit 83.1159 ivory