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Tags: Native American

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Stainless steel Native American Church kettle Unidentified Native American 69.173 metal
Strike-a-light bag with metal cones and beaded design Unidentified Native American; Kiowa 84.564 hide, glass, metal
Wooden drumstick Robert L. Brown Native American; Navajo 73.755 wood
Fan with beaded handle and feather quills wrapped in hide Ernest Mihecoby, Nelson Big Bow, Harding Big Bow Native American; Comanche, Kiowa 84.2973 feather, hide, glass
Stained wooden scoop utensil Unidentified Native American 73.104 wood
Horsehair roach Unidentified Native American 86.11 horsehair
Black Leggings Society of the Kiowa cotton cloth legging with stirrup attachment Harding Big Bow, Unidentified Native American; Kiowa 99.233 cotton
Parfleche quiver Unidentified Native American; possibly Arapaho 89.87 hide
Breechcloth with greasy yellow beads and ribbon work worn for both fancy and straight dances Unidentified Native American; possibly Otoe-Missouria 84.1144 glass, silk, wool
Man's red cotton jacket with purple and yellow ribbon Julia Winningham Native American; Euchee 99.198 cotton, silk
Loom beaded sash and ornament Unidentified Native American; Osage 84.1859a-b glass, sinew
Mirrored whistle box with gold details and carved writing Unidentified Native American; Navajo (Diné) 69.189 glass, metal
Beaded strike-a-light bag made of hide with metal cone fringe Unidentified Native American; Comanche or Kiowa 84.566 hide, glass, metal
Wooden drumstick Robert L. Brown Native American; Navajo 73.757 wood
Silver peyote church earrings Unidentified Native American; Navajo 84.2985a-b silver
Native American Church beaded fan handle with geometric designs Ernest Mihecoby Native American; Comanche 84.2993 wood, glass, brass, hide, horsehair, dye
Stone axe head Steve and Tony Bolinger Native American; Osage 61.107716 stone
Horsehair roach Unidentified Native American; Plains 86.14 horsehair
Oval plain plaited buckbrush basket with natural dye Ella Mae Blackbear Native American; Cherokee 71.759 buckbrush, dye
Rawhide parfleche envelope with geometric designs Unidentified Native American; Cheyenne 89.94 rawhide, semi-tanned hide, paint