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Catalog Number |
CAS 0583-0003 | |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Beaded panel | |
| Culture | Blackfeet | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | North Dakota (?) | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Commercial cloth; Muslin; Glass beads; String; Metal | |
| Description | Rectangular beaded panel with a central floral design; To either side of the central motif are smaller, symmetrical floral motifs; Design is beaded in red, pink, rose, light and dark blue, yellow and green on a white background; Metal clips are affixed to one long edge; Beaded cloth is attached to a muslin backing with edges dyed green. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 23.2, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 49.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0021 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Dewclaw bag | |
| Culture | Blackfeet | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Elk hide with dewclaws; Fabric | |
| Description | Bag made from the lower portion of elk legs with fur and dew claws intact; A second piece of elk hide is sewn to top to create neck; Hide fringe borders neck; Back is scraped of fur; Wide hide lace is looped on back to form a handle; Bag is edged with commercially woven fabric; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 35.5, Thickness = 3.0, Length = 36.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0465-0001A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Gauntlet gloves | |
| Culture | Blackfeet | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Montana | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Commercial cloth; Glass beads; String | |
| Description | Leather glove with a wide cuff lined with patterned cloth; Glove is undecorated except for a small branch of three leaves beaded in green near the cuff; The gauntlet is beaded in light blue with a symmetrical double curve floral motif in dark blue, red and green; Leather fringe is attached on outside edge of cuff. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 19.0, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 41.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0465-0002A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Gauntlet gloves | |
| Culture | Blackfeet | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Montana | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Commercial cloth; Glass beads; String | |
| Description | Leather glove with a wide flaring gauntlet lined with plaid cloth; Glove is decorated with a small symmetrical leaf and flower motif in red, blue and green; The gauntlet is beaded in light blue with a symmetrical floral motif in dark and medium blue, red, green and yellow; Leather fringe is attached on outside edge of cuff. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 20.5, Thickness = 1.4, Length = 39.4 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1988-0005-0052 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Glove (1 only) | |
| Culture | Blackfeet | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Cotton thread | |
| Description | Leather glove with a slightly flaring, scalloped cuff; Glove is undecorated except for a double zigzag line in green and pink thread at the base of the fourth and middle fingers; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 11.6, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 23.4 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0063A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Blackfeet | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Tanned hide; Glass beads; Sinew | |
| Description | Hard leather sole attached to tanned hide upper with sinew; Upper is constructed with single piece of hide; Pointed tongue is separate and attached to upper with sinew; Split back cuff; Hide lace threaded around ankle; Cuff is edge beaded alternating in green and white; Instep is undecorated; Vamp design is a stepped diamond in blue, yellow and red on an undecorated background; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.9, Width = 7.4, Length = 18.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1985-0005-0011A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Blackfeet | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Tanned hide; Glass beads; Sinew | |
| Description | Hard sole attached to single piece upper of tanned hide with sinew; Trapezoidal extension added to tongue with sinew; Hide lace threaded around ankle; Border is beaded from heel around outer edge to instep in orange using short rows of lazy stitch; Stepped diamond in orange, yellow, white and blue on vamp in lazy stitch. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.2, Width = 7.5, Length = 19.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0090-0047 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | Blackfeet | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Glass beads; Cloth; Thread | |
| Description | Pouch with rounded base made of two pieces of tanned hide stitched up both sides with thread; Lined and cuffed with commercial fabric; Hide lace attached at top on back; Modified lazy stitch bead work pattern on plain background consists of symmetrical double curve stylized floral motif in blue, red, yellow, green and white; Hide fringe extends below pouch. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 11.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 13.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0090-0049 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | Blackfeet | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Glass beads; Cloth; Thread | |
| Description | Pouch with rounded base made of two pieces of tanned hide stitched with thread; Lined and cuffed with commercial fabric; Linear beaded pattern consists of yellow, blue and red triangles, hour glass figures and blue lines arranged around a central green rectangle; Hide fringe extends below pouch; Hide lace attached at top. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 11.3, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 13.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0056A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Blackfeet, Lakota Sioux | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Tanned hide; Glass beads; Wool; Commercial fabric; Sinew; Thread | |
| Description | Hide sole attached with sinew to upper constructed of single piece of tanned hide; Interior of sole is painted suggesting that it was recycled from a parfleche; Stitched up back with hide lace; Forked tongue is separate and stitched with sinew; Tongue edge beaded in black; Red wool, khaki and blue cloth overlay stitched at cuff and edge beaded in black; Lazy stitch beaded bands of pink and yellow alternating with undecorated hide across vamp and instep; Pink triangles with blue bands at top and bottom from mid shoe to heel; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.5, Width = 10.2, Length = 25.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0579-0010 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Chaps | |
| Culture | Canari | |
| Global Region | South America | |
| Country | Ecuador | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Cañar (Canar) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | City: Cañar (Canar)? | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Goat skin | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 97.0, Width = 25.0, Thickness = 5.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2005-0006-0045A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Mukluks | |
| Culture | Caribou Inuit | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Nunavut | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Kangiqliniq (Rankin Inlet) | |
| Maker's Name | Kathy Towtongie, possibly | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Ringed seal skin; Sinew; Commercial cloth; Embroidery thread | |
| Description | Pair of child’s outer mukluks made with black one-piece seal skin soles with inset bleached sealskin vamps; Uppers are pieced together from several pieces of haired seal skin, using a strip of darker color on the front and a contrasting strip of lighter color around the top; Leg opening is trimmed with strip of commercial blue fabric which enclosed a drawstring; Two holes for the ends of the drawstring are embroidered with green thread; All seams on boots are sewn with sinew. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 19.0, Width = 6.7, Length = 14.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1991-0009-0001A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Cheyenne | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Northern Plains region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Tanned hide; Glass beads; Thread | |
| Description | Soft tanned sole attached to tanned upper with thread; Upper stitched up back; A third piece of hide added to cuff to create low boot; Trapezoidal tongue is separate and attached with thread; Entire vamp, border and instep are beaded in yellow using lazy stitch; Two undulating lines of light and dark blue across vamp; Two parallelograms below lower line; Steeply stepped triangles on border, four of which join with pattern on vamp. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 19.2, Width = 10.4, Length = 23.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1988-0005-0018 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Parfleche | |
| Culture | Cheyenne | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Central Plains region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Rawhide; Paint | |
| Description | Rectangular piece of hide folded into an envelope style case; Design on top folds and sides only consisting of rectangular sections with red and green borders; Sections contain green triangular shapes with sloping sides and red hourglass figures and central, elongated red hourglass figures topped with green finials; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 37.5, Thickness = ca. 6.5, Length = 70.2 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0535-0001 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tipi liner | |
| Culture | Cheyenne | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Montana, Wyoming | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cotton duck (canvas); Deer skin; Corn husk, Dew claws; Wool; Beads; Sinew | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 306.5, Length = 214.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0701 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tipi liner | |
| Culture | Cheyenne | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Montana, Wyoming | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Canvas; Cotton cloth; Glass beads; Flannel cloth | |
| Description | Rectangular tipi liner constructed of several wide strips of white canvas that are machine sewn together and backed with white cotton sheeting; Front of liner is decorated with 15 evenly spaced beaded bands, segmented into colors of yellow, blue, and red, with a small red felt button attached at each change of color; Along one long edge is row of beaded rosettes in yellow, red, and dark and light blue; A leather lacing wrapped in raffia-like fiber, looped at each end, and decorated with deer hoof and tuft of yellow-dyed wool is pendant from each beaded rosette. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 230.5, Length = 144.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0120-0002 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Knife sheath | |
| Culture | Cheyenne | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Buckskin; Porcupine quills; Glass beads | |
| Description | Knife sheath made from two pieces of hide sewn along both sides to fit contour of knife; Hide lace looped at mouth to form a handle; Lazy stitch beading at mouth in blue with bands of maroon; Upper portion quilled vertically in red with a central yellow square with four white squares at each corner; Lower portion quilled horizontally following contour of sheath; Quills are dyed red with white squares placed at equal intervals and a central blue line; Three hide laces, wrapped in red and blue dyed quills and tipped with tin cones and feathers are suspended from bottom edge of sheath. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 6.7, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 23.8 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0376-0001 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Weaponry | |
| Object Name | Club | |
| Culture | Cheyenne | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Stone; Wood; Rawhide; Glass beads | |
| Description | Biconical fixed-stone head with three etched lines on either side of center; Haft is inserted in hole in head and reinforced with scalloped hide band; Band and handle are beaded with alternating rows of green, red and light and dark blue. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.0, Width = 18.9, Length = 41.4 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1988-0005-0035 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | Cheyenne / Arapaho | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Hide; Glass beads; Metal: Tin; Brass; Sinew | |
| Description | Trapezoidal pouch made from two pieces of hide stitched together with sinew; Back piece folded over front to create mouth flap which can be closed with brass button at front; Front beaded in wide lanes of lazy stitch; Design consists of white background with rows of red or black diamonds, attached tip to tip; Row second from top is green on red; Hide fringe, tipped with tin cones, affixed to bottom seam; Fringe at far ends is longer and beaded with large hexagonal cobalt-colored beads; Lace handle at back; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 10.0, Thickness = 2.1, Length = 31.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0376-0005 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Sheath | |
| Culture | Cheyenne, Lakota Sioux | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Animal hide; Glass glass beads; Porcupine quills; Feathers; Metal: Tin; Thread | |
| Description | Hide stitched up one side to form sheath; Quill wrapped hide lace at mouth to form handle; Tin cones and feathers attached to handle ends; Green edge-beading at mouth; Lazy stitch beading on one side; Pattern is two rows of three tipi motifs joined at apices by rose colored rectangles edged in blue; Tipis, edged in blue, are in green with yellow doors; Each pair separated by a row of rose squares; Reverse side is undecorated; Hide fringe, wrapped at top in dyed quills, extends from bottom; Sheath is lined with heavy woven cotton fiber. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.6, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 23.0 |
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