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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Painted red club with carved detail and head covered in hide Leland Shumway, Trueb Native American; possibly Osage 84.1052 wood, hide, paint
Iron hatchet with wood handle wrapped in red flannel Unidentified Native American; Kaw 84.1094 iron, wood, cotton
Orange beaded buckskin sheath with orange quillwork Unidentified Native American; Oc'eti S'akowin (Sioux) 84.775 metal, glass, hide, quill
Beaded awl and beaded awl case Unidentified Native American; possibly Comanche 84.727a-b hide, glass, wood
Wooden and metal awl with beaded case Unidentified Native American; Comanche 84.728a-b wood, metal, hide, glass
Stone club with wooden handle wrapped in leather Unidentified Native American; possibly Apache 84.971 stone, wood, hide
Metal awl with bone handle Emil William Lenders Native American; Ponca 84.762 bone, metal
Buffalo hide from Wichita Mountain Unidentified Native American 89.197 hide (buffalo)
Painted bison hide with fur Chief Yellow Horse Native American; Cheyenne 89.1 hide, paint
Wooden ladle Unidentified Native American 73.455 wood
Wooden ladle Unidentified Native American; Muscogee (Creek) 73.655 wood
Curved elk antler tine drum tool Unidentified Native American; Osage 83.3237 elk antler
Leather awl case with metal cones and beads Unidentified Native American; Apache, possibly Chiricahua 84.2383 hide, glass, metal
Wooden ladle with burnt and carved design on handle Unidentified Native American 73.113 wood, hide
Steel coil springs held together with leather strip Unidentified Native American; Osage 66.14a-c metal, hide
Silver spoon used during Native American Church ceremony Adam Caesar Native American; Kiowa and Pawnee 69.141 German silver
Carved wooden ladle Unidentified Native American; Cherokee 73.117 wood, hide
Tendency of Art Willard Stone Native American; Cherokee descent 11.80 oak wood
Horn spoon with rawhide-covered handle Unidentified Native American; Plains 90.851 horn, hide, sinew, quills, string
Dark brown woven lariat with a light brown leather strap American TU2009.39.133 rawhide, leather