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6495 Items

19th century | iron, bone

Knife with iron blade and bone handle

circa 1890 | wool, glass, semi-tanned hide, cotton thread, beans (mescal)

Wool leggings decorated with beaded blanket strip with mescal beans on hide strips and tan serrated wool along bottom edge

circa 1800–1900 | silver

Silver stamped concha button in a geometric design

1870–1880 | silver

Silver, oval shaped, open-center belt concho with stamped scallop-edge design

early 20th century | seal gut, wood, fur, fish skin, cotton, cotton string

Cloth doll with wooden head and carved facial features

circa 1950 | silver, turquoise, dimes

Silver necklace with a single turquoise set in sterling sill double rainbow Naja and twenty silver Mercury dimes

1920–1930 | silver

Cast silver bracelet with openwork geometric designs

circa 1880 | silver, turquoise

Cast silver concho button with turquoise inset

early 20th century | silver, turquoise

Silver ring with turquoise

circa 1900 | silver, turquoise, garnet

Silver ring with turquoise and garnets

Unknown | silver, turquoise

Silver embossed ring with oval turquoise inset

circa 1940 | hide, glass, cotton

Beaded leather moccasins with geometric designs

late 19th century–early 20th century | semi-tanned hide, commercially tanned leather, glass, copper alloy, cotton thread, red pigment

Beaded leather moccasins with copper cones and cuffs

1920–1930 | hide, glass, pigment

Beaded leather moccasins with yellow pigment

late 19th century | semi-tanned hide, glass, metal, horse hair, sinew, cotton thread, cotton fabric, dye

Semi-tanned skin possible bag with beaded flap and beaded panels

1947 | red cedar wood

The Baby

February 19, 1816 | ink on paper

Letter from John Lowry to President James Madison

June 23, 1828 | ink on paper

Certificate of John Ross's Appointment as Postmaster of Head of Coosa, Chattooga District

November 15, 1830 | ink on paper

Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross

November 5, 1831 | ink on paper

Letter from Cherokee Agent George Vashon to the President of the Cherokee National Council Joseph Vann