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200 Items

early 1900s | hide, paint

Painted Apache girl's puberty ceremony hide gift

20th century | hide, shell, glass

Hide rattle with shells and glass beads

1940s | cotton

Grape colored handkerchief wrapped around peyote button

1940s | wood

Carved wooden peyote drumstick

1940s | paper, ink

Black and white photograph of a woman with a bow in her hair

1944 | paper, metal

Paper poppy sold by American Legion 1944

1943 | paper, ink

Paper gas and water utility card

1940s | paper, ink

Tobacco company card and cigarette papers

20th century | wood

Carved wooden peyote drumstick

1940s | paper, ink

United States Postal Office book of savings bond

20th century | wood

Carved wooden peyote drumstick

1940s | paper, ink

United States Postal Office book of savings bond

20th century | wood, paint

Peyote staff with carved and painted water bird

1940s | paper, ink

War ration book

20th century | ebony

Carved wooden drum tightener used to tune drum head

1940s | paper, ink

War ration book

1940s | paper, ink

Alotee hearing letter from the US Department if the Interior

Feb. 11, 1943 | paper, ink

Train ticket stamped Feb. 11, 1943.

1940s | paper, ink

Letter from the US Department of the Interior for weekly allowance

1940s | paper, ink

Personal check