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CAS 0370-1791A-F | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Buttons (6) | |
| Culture | Apache or Ute, probably | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Thread | |
| Description | Set of 6 beaded buttons, net-stitched on leather backing; Star pattern in blue and white. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 2.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0027A |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Beaded shirt strips | |
| Culture | Arapaho | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Glass beads; String | |
| Description | Long, narrow beaded panels, possibly intended for leggings; Design, on white background, consists of three stepped equilateral triangles primarily in light blue; A double border outlines the triangles, the first is beaded in solid red and the second is dark blue with yellow; Separating the triangles are two-bead width band s each with four diamonds placed perpendicularly to the bands; Diamonds are dark blue with yellow centers; Triangles stretch from top to bottom while bands only extend 1/4" from edges; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 10.0, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 73.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0027B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Beaded shirt strips | |
| Culture | Arapaho | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Glass beads; String | |
| Description | Long, narrow beaded panels, possibly intended for leggings; Design, on white background, consists of three stepped equilateral triangles primarily in light blue; A double border outlines the triangles, the first is beaded in solid red and the second is dark blue with yellow; Separating the triangles are two-bead width band s each with four diamonds placed perpendicularly to the bands; Diamonds are dark blue with yellow centers; Triangles stretch from top to bottom while bands only extend 1/4" from edges; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 10.0, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 72.4 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0090-0045 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | Arapaho | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Tanned hide; Glass beads; Metal: Brass; Tin; Sinew | |
| Description | Pouch with slightly tapering sides stitched from two pieces of tanned hide; Flap is attached with sinew; Flap and back panel are dyed orange; Hide lace tipped with brass beads attached to front panel and secures through hole in flap; Edge beaded in red; Flap lazy stitch beaded in light blue with red trim; Front panel decorated in lazy stitch with triangular motifs in blue, green, red, white and orange on light blue background; Short hide fringe at bottom tipped with tin cones. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.6, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 11.8 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0090-0052 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | Arapaho | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Hide; Porcupine quills; Glass beads | |
| Description | Circular pouch of two pieces of yellow dyed tanned hide sewn around edge with opening left at top; Flap attached at top; Fringe stitched to seam; Dye on interior of back piece and flap indicate reuse; Design consists of alternating concentric bands of pink and yellow dyed quills with purple lines radiating from undecorated center; A band of white lazy stitch beading with green triangles borders quilled section. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 2.0, Max Diam = 14.2 | |
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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 0565-0001A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Arapaho, probably | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | South Dakota | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Hide; Tanned leather; Glass beads; Sinew; Thread | |
| Description | Hard sole attached to upper of single piece of tanned hide with sinew; Split back cuff; Forked tongue is made from two separate pieces stitched together with thread; Hide lace at ankle across tongue; Another lace across instep and through top lane of beading and around ankle; Entire upper is beaded in white lazy stitch except for tongue and ankle; Design on vamp of triangles, linear elements and square crosses in blue and red; Border design of triangles with apices abutted by triangles and boxes in red, blue and metallic green multifaceted beads. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.5, Width = 9.7, Length = 26.7 | |
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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 0370-0619 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Sheath | |
| 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 | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Leather; Glass beads; Brass (metal) beads; Porcupine quills; Sinew | |
| Description | Sheath constructed of tanned hide stitched with sinew; Lined with rawhide inner sheath; Edges beaded in alternating bands of blue and white; Hide lace handle at top; Two dyed porcupine wrapped strands at either side; Front panel decorated in lazy stitch in blue, yellow, red and brass beads; Motifs include stepped triangles, rectangles and lineal shapes; Sheath is tipped with dyed quill wrapped fringe. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.6, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 23.6 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0057A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Assiniboine, Mandan or Arapaho | |
| 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; Porcupine quills; Glass beads; Sinew; Pigment | |
| Description | Hard leather sole attached with sinew to upper constructed of single piece of tanned hide dyed orange; Split back cuff; Square-cut tongue is separate and attached with sinew; Wide hide lace threaded at ankle; Vamp is decorated with a U-shaped quilled pattern in white red and yellow; Pattern is bordered with lazy stitch beading in yellow and green; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.4, Width = 10.1, Length = 26.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2016-0009-0012 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Bag | |
| Culture | Athabascan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Eagle’s Nest | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1914 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Buckskin; Glass beads; Commercial mercerized cotton fabric; Commercial thread | |
| Description | Heart-shaped bag constructed of two pieces of buckskin sewn together; Top is open, with wide buckskin loop handle sewn to center on both sides of bag; Handle edges are cut with a serrated design; Two pairs of ties are also sewn to both sides of bag at the top of the heart’s arches; Ties are made of unadorned strips of buckskin which are tied together to keep bag closed; Exterior of bag is edged with buckskin fringe; Interior is completely lined with commercial mercerized cotton fabric, which has been woven of light beige wefts and dark brown warps, resulting in an overall gray appearance; Both sides of bag have pairs of red glassbeads outlining the heart shape, and also beaded floral designs: orange flowers and buds on green stems; Floral design runs in and around three blue hearts; Evidence of ink outline, within which the beading occurred, is visible along edges of some of the hearts. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 24.6, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 23.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0005-0386A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Mittens | |
| Culture | Athabascan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Leather; Yarn; Thread; Fur | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 20.5, Thickness = 2.6, Length = 37.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0005-0384A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Athabascan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940 | |
| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Suede; Commercial felt and velvet; Commercial embroidery thread; Commercial trim; Commercial thread | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 21.0, Width = 11.5, Length = 27.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0005-0401A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Athabascan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940 | |
| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Leather; Beads; Commercial velveteen | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 23.0, Width = ca. 10.5, Length = 29.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2016-0009-0013 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Panel with pouch | |
| Culture | Athabascan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Buckskin; Glass beads; Commercial satin fabric; Commercial thread | |
| Description | Leather panel in shape of a pentagon, with parallel sides rising to an A-line top; Leather loop is sewn to top peak on back; Front of panel is brown leather with small pouch at bottom; Pouch is outlined in light and dark blue beads and has a beaded design of three pink and gold flowers on a branching pale blue stem; Above the pouch is another beaded floral design: five dark blue and yellow buds on a branching pale blue stem; Entire panel, including the top loop, is edged in light blue, dark blue and light green beads; Back of panel is covered in black satin. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 12.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 25.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2003-0008-0022A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Athabascan (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories? | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early to mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Deer or moose hide; Glass beads; Twine; Thread | |
| Description | Pair of child's soft soled moccasins made entirely of tanned and smoked deer or moose hide; One-piece sole is cut and sewn up the back; Vamp and wrap-around uppers are both added separately and are sewn with a brown string fiber; Long hide lace is threaded through one side of moccasin, around heel, and out opposite side to secure upper portion of moccasin around child's lower leg; Front of each moccasin is decorated with single beaded red and blue flower with white stem and green,turquoise and black leaves, all sewn with black commercial thread. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.2, Width = 6.0, Length = 13.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0090-0046 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Purse / pouch | |
| Culture | Athabascan or Northern Cree, Innu (Naskapi)? | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada or USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Buckskin; Fur; Beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 11.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 18.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0464-0013 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Jacket | |
| Culture | Athabascan: Ahtena | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1870 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Tanned leather; Glass beads; Sinew; Cotton (?) thread | |
| Description | All beadwork is sewn with sinew; Brown fabric is sewn to red fabric with thread, while overall panel is sewn to jacket with thread. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 69.0, Width = 74.0, Thickness = 0.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0152-0009 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Knife sheath with belt | |
| Culture | Bagobo | |
| Global Region | Southeast Asia | |
| Country | Philippines | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Mindanao | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Bamboo (?); Metal: Brass; Glass beads; Steel; Abaca (banana) fiber; Cotton cloth; Canvas cloth; Bone; Embroidery yarn | |
| Description | Boomerang-shaped wooden knife sheath with truncated ends, covered in woven basketry covering and covered with canvas cloth with feel of leather; 2-piece belt (1 section is woven, 1 is braided) with beadwork (red, yellow, blue, white, and green) 1 brass bell and brass bar with perforations and 3 brass bells is attached to end of sheath and connect to each other by hook and eye clasp. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 6.5, Thickness = 3.0, Length = 21.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0019 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| 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 | Leather; Metal: Brass; Iron | |
| Description | Wide leather belt decorated with a diamond pattern of brass tacks, long sides of belt are bordered in a double row of brass tacks; Long, narrow buckle strap is affixed to one end with tacks; Buckle is of iron; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) in 1917. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.4, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 127.0 | |
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