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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0622A,B | |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Crow | |
| 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 | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Leather; Tanned hide; Glass beads; Sinew | |
| Description | Hard sole attached to single piece upper of tanned hide with sinew; Large piece of tanned hide added to upper to create a tall boot which is edge beaded in light blue and red; Long hide laces cross tongue at ankle; Pointed tongue is separate; Vamp is beaded in lazy stitch in a U-shaped pattern in light blue, red, green and bordered in white with floral motifs in green and red. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.3, Width = 10.3, Length = 24.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0623A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Arapaho or Cheyenne | |
| 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 | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Hide; Tanned leather; Glass beads; Sinew | |
| Description | Hard sole attached to upper of single piece of tanned hide with sinew; Trapezoidal tongue part of upper; Hide laces attached at ankle; Beaded in lazy stitch over entire upper except for tongue and thin bands at seam and ankle; Design, on white background, consists of stacked green triangles with red centers around border and alternating green and red isosceles triangles on vamp. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.0, Width = 10.3, Length = 25.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0624A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Leather; Metal: Silver | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.5, Width = 10.6, Length = 26.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0625A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Arapaho, probably, or Cheyenne | |
| 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 | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Hide; Tanned leather; Glass beads; Sinew; Thread | |
| Description | Hide sole attached with sinew to upper constructed of single piece of tanned hide; Forked tongue is separate and stitched with sinew; Leather lace threaded around ankle; Split back cuff; Upper is fully beaded in lazy stitch except for ankle, cuff, tongue and a narrow band at border; Geometric pattern includes symmetrical arrangement of triangles and parallelograms on vamp and alternating arrangements of stacked crosses and parallelograms around border; Background is dark blue; Narrow band of light blue at border; Triangle pattern stitched at back. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.5, Width = 10.2, Length = 27.1 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0626 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | unidentified Southern Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | South-central Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Tanned leather; Glass beads; Cotton thread | |
| Description | Pouch constructed from several pieces of tanned hide; Two pieces attached to form mouth flaps; Pouch lined with commercial cloth; Two-bead edging in red around perimeter; Lazy stitch beading on both sides; One side consists of a large "X" motif made of smaller light and dark blue and red lines with lavender and blue curvilinear shapes on a white background; Reverse design of vertical columns of right triangles in lavender, red and blue; Fringe extending below pouch is beaded in red, white, and orange with navy and white bands. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 13.9, Length = 21.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0627 |  |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Bag | |
| Culture | Nez Perce | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Idaho, Washington or Oregon | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Hop twine; Corn husk; Hemp; Wool yarn; Hide | |
| Description | Small, flat rectangular pouch woven in 2-strand plain twining technique; Warp material is hemp and primary weft material is hop twine; Back panel of pouch extends above rim to form triangular tab that down over the front to form a flap and is secured with short leather thong threaded through point of tab and another one threaded through upper side of pouch; Designs are woven in false embroidery technique in wool yarn and include parallel yellow and blue zigzag bands, both edged in red and both continuing around both front and back sides of pouch; Fold-over flap is embroidered with alternating green and red bands; Segmented band in pale green wool and undyed corn husk frames bottom edge on front face only; Background areas on front and back of pouch (not including fold-over flap) are woven of undyed corn husk in a false embroidery technique; Third leather thong is threaded through back of pouch, probably to tie pouch to belt. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 12.0, Thickness = 1.4, Length = 12.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0628 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | unidentified Southern Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | South-central Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Tanned leather; Glass beads; Cloth; Metal; Thread | |
| Description | Pouch with rounded bottom and flaring mouth; Body is one piece of tanned hide stitched with thread; Second piece added for mouth; Lined with red cloth; Hide drawstring sewn within lining, mouth and body edge beaded in blue and red; Circular design on one side on white background contains a central floral motif in white, red, blue and yellow surrounded by lineal and arrow motifs; Reverse pattern in blue contains linear and diamond motifs in red, white, yellow and green; Metal button at middle on both sides; Fringe at bottom is beaded in blue, red, orange and white. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 12.0, Thickness = 2.5, Length = 22.8 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0629 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Beaded collar | |
| Culture | Mohave | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Arizona | |
| County | San Bernardino, CA, Mohave, AZ | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1920 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Cotton thread | |
| Description | Beaded collar constructed in vertical bead netting technique; Foundation cord is beaded with sky blue and red beads, while the body is beaded of smaller navy blue beads in a pattern of alternating hourglass and diamond motifs on white background; Diamond motifs also incorporate yellow beads for accent; Outer edge of collar ends in beaded loop fringes, each incorporating one large sky blue bead; Ends of collar are not joined; Width of collar suggests its use by a young girl. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 17.5, Max Diam = ca. 44.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0630 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Quirt | |
| Culture | Apache | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1920 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Horsehair; Leather; String | |
| Description | Quirt fashioned from cloth-wrapped (?) rod with short leather loop extending from distal end end looped carrying strap of braided (red and black) horsehair at proximal end; Entire shaft of quirt is covered with dyed (red) and natural (white and black) horsehair that is coiled over indeterminate foundation; Design of parallel vertical zigzags is repeated at top and bottom; Bundle of white horsehair fringe is positioned in center. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 2.1, Length = 32.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0631 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; String; Leather; Metal | |
| Description | Loom beaded belt with a geometric design containing red triangles bordered in light blue, teepees and arrows in red, light blue and yellow and small diamonds in red, dark blue and yellow; The buckle consists of a rosette of concentric circles containing inward pointing triangles and a central sunburst; Hide swatch affixed to buckle and end to which snaps have been affixed. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 90.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0632 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Bracelet | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Metal | |
| Description | Loom beaded bracelet with a geometric design consisting of four red triangles, bordered in blue with apices pointed at center creating a rectangle; On either side is an hour glass figure in red with blue borders; In between figures are small stepped diamonds in blue, red and yellow; The buckle consists of a rosette of concentric circles containing inward pointing triangles and a central sunburst; Hide swatch affixed to buckle and end to which snaps have been affixed. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 22.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0633 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Bracelet | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Metal | |
| Description | Loom beaded bracelet with a geometric design consisting of four red triangles, bordered in blue with apices pointed at center creating a rectangle; On either side is an hour glass figure in red with blue borders; In between figures are small stepped diamonds in blue, red and yellow; The buckle consists of a rosette of concentric circles containing inward pointing triangles and a central sunburst; Hide swatch affixed to buckle and end to which snaps have been affixed. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 23.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0634A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Gauntlet gloves | |
| Culture | unidentified Northern Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | South-central Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early to mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Leather; Glass beads; Cotton | |
| Description | Leather glove with wide flaring gauntlet; Glove is undecorated; Gauntlet is beaded with a stylized geometric floral pattern in orange, light blue and red; Interior is lined with thin, brown cotton fabric; Fringe is attach to outer seam of gauntlet. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 18.5, Thickness = 2.2, Length = 36.4 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0636A |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Dress panel | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1930 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Woman's dress panel (companion piece to CAS 0370-0636B) woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Natural black - brown center panel is flanked on either end by red panel, each showing pair of parallel gray zigzag lines across their centers and row of solid terraced blue or blue and gray triangles along top and bottom edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 76.0, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 135.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0636B |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Dress panel | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900-1930 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Woman's dress panel (companion piece to CAS 0370-0636A) woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Natural black - brown center panel is flanked on either end by red panel, each showing pair of parallel gray zigzag lines across their centers and row of solid terraced blue triangles along top and bottom edges. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 77.0, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 135.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0637 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1900 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Transitional Moki-striped rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Central red cross is enclosed within open terraced concentric red and white diamonds and terraced "V" at each end, all flanked by pair of red and yellow terraced half-diamonds along each side, all on background of alternating narrow blue and brown/black bands; Wider red and yellow band is woven along each end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 102.5, Length = 170.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0638 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline-dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Non-regional style rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; All over pattern of serrated, concentric diamonds includes 2 vertical columns of red and black serrated diamonds, with remaining spaces filled with white and black serrated diamonds and half-diamonds; Double straight-edged border is red and black. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 89.0, Length = 176.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0639 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural, carded, and aniline dyed wool weft | |
| Description | Borderless, non-regional style rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Design includes 3 bands, each containing wide, terraced diagonal motifs; Center band has gray diagonals edged in red and gray; End bands have red diagonals edged in black and orange; Designs are all on white background and adjacent bands are separated by narrow paired bands in red and black; Each corner is filled with parallel, serrated bars in red, black, gray, and orange at one end and red, black, white, and orange at opposite end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 89.0, Length = 146.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0640 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Rug | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural and carded wool weft | |
| Description | Non-regional rug woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Plain white rectangular design field in center is completely without decorative motifs; Wide border with single row of white water bug motifs on black background (half of the border is of natural black-brown wool and half is of carded dark gray wool) frames rug on all four sides. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 73.5, Length = 120.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0641 |  |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Saddle blanket | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Handspun wool warp; Handspun natural wool weft | |
| Description | Double saddle blanket woven entirely in plain tapestry weave; Blanket is entirely white with no decorative design at all; Sides of blanket are woven very unevenly. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 70.0, Length = 160.5 |
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