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| Catalog Number | CAS 0539-0003 | |
| 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 | Central Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Animal hide; Muslin; Glass beads; Sinew; Thread; Beads | |
| Description | Single piece of hide stitched on one side to form sheath; Hide handle affixed at mouth; Edge-beading in rose at mouth; Vertical lazy stitch beading at top of two triangles in yellow and green joined at apices to form hour glass figure; Figure is edged in blue; Two rows on either side alternate lanes of rose and blue; Below vertical beading, horizontal lazy stitch beading of three similar hour glass motifs; Outer figures in rose and green with yellow and green interior boxes; Inner figure is yellow edged in rose with green box; Fringe extends below sheath. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 9.5, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 26.7 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0141-0011A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Cheyenne, possibly | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Hide; Tanned leather; Glass beads; Sinew | |
| Description | Hard sole attached to upper of single piece of tanned hide with sinew; Triangular tongue is part of upper; Hide lace threaded around ankle; Split back cuff; Beaded on sinew in lazy stitch on vamp and border; Two triangular shaped on either side of vamp (buffalo tracks) loosely beaded in blue; Remainder of design is beaded in white with blue and yellow diamonds abutted by red triangles; Beaded row up back of ankle and across instep. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.0, Width = 8.8, Length = 25.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0260-0003 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Garter or sash belt | |
| Culture | Chippewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Wisconsin | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Great Lakes region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Thread; Wool yarn | |
| Description | Garter or sash belt consisting of rectangular loom-woven beaded panel with row of 3 large stars and 3 concentric diamonds flanked by smaller floral designs in colors of red, golden yellow, dark blue, green, and black, all on white background with red and blue checkerboard pattern at either end; Warp threads from beaded panel are interwoven into long red wool yarn fringes which are braided for approximately 5.5 to 6.0 cm nearest the beaded panel. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 11.7, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 68.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0260-0002 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Carrying strap | |
| Culture | Chippewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Wisconsin | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Thread; Wool yarn | |
| Description | Garter consisting of a rectangular loom-woven beaded panel with linear geometric design of concentric diamonds, triangles, and rectangles in red, blue, black, and translucent yellow on white background, with long blue and red wool yarn fringes at each end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.9, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 34.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0260-0004A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Chippewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Wisconsin | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Buckskin; Commercial muslin; Commercial embroidery thread; Thread; Satin ribbon | |
| Description | Pair of soft soled moccasins with the sole and sides of each constructed from a single piece of soft, tanned buckskin that is sewn up the back of the heel and crimped around the front of the vamp insert; Vamp is a very white piece of tanned hide and is trimmed around its perimeter with red cloth which is embroidered with blue and yellow cross-stitches; Delicate floral stem with 3 deep lilac and 2 blue flowers is embroidered on the actual vamp; Cuff around heel is also made from additional piece of tanned buckskin of the same color as the lower part of the moccasin; Cuff is lined on underside with white muslin, trimmed around its edge with red commercial cloth, and embroidered with simple floral garland in red, green, and blue; Red ribbon tie joins the cuff at the front. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.8, Width = 9.3, Length = 26.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1985-0009-0063 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | Chippewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | prior to 1934 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Fabric; Yarn; Beads | |
| Description | Small leather pouch with beaded floral design and double drawstring closure. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 12.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 17.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1985-0009-0064 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | Chippewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | prior to 1934 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Fabric; Yarn; Beads | |
| Description | Small leather pouch with beaded floral design and double drawstring closure. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 11.0, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 15.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1985-0009-0062 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | Chippewa (or possibly Ojibwe or Anishinabe) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | prior to 1934 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Fabric; Beads | |
| Description | Small leather pouch with beaded floral design. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 17.8, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 28.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1985-0009-0047 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Beaded panel | |
| Culture | Chippewa, Ojibwe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada or USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Velvet cloth; Glass beads; Thread | |
| Description | Round piece of black velvet cloth on cardboard backing with central beaded motif of four pink and 2 green flowers with white stem, encircled by multiple concentric circles of beads in same colors; Short loops of pink beads frames perimeter of cloth; Cardboard backing appears to serve only as temporary support to facilitate beading, as only the edges of the cloth are stitched to it with long threads that pass beneath it from one edge of the cloth to the opposite side. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.7, Max Diam = 33.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1985-0009-0056 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Musical Instruments | |
| Object Name | Rattle | |
| Culture | Chippewa, Ojibwe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada or USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Cotton string; Commercial ribbon and cloth; Wood (?) | |
| Description | Rattle comprised of two round discs, each made from two rawhide sheets sewn together around their edges with cotton string and probably around a wooden frame; Each disc contains several seeds or pebbles and each is painted green; The discs are attached to each other in pendant fashion and length of pink and white commercial cotton cloth is attached to larger disc. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 8.8, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 17.5 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1985-0009-0057 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Musical Instruments | |
| Object Name | Rattle | |
| Culture | Chippewa, Ojibwe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada or USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Cotton string; Commercial ribbon and cloth; Wood (?) | |
| Description | Rattle comprised of two round discs, each made from two rawhide sheets sewn together around their edges with cotton string and probably around a wooden frame; Each disc contains several seeds or pebbles and each is painted a deep blue color; The discs are attached to each other in pendant fashion and short length of pink ribbon is tied to edge of smaller disc and length of pink and white commercial cotton cloth is attached to larger disc. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.4, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 14.2 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0376-0008 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Bandolier bag | |
| Culture | Chippewa, Ojibwe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Great Lakes region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Commercial flannel and cotton cloth; Glass beads; Cotton thread; Wool yarn | |
| Description | Bandolier style bag sewn from rectangular strip of red flannel that is folded up along bottom and sewn along sides to form large pocket; Pocket is lined with white cotton cloth and decorated on front with large loom-woven beaded panel with stylized florals in pink, green, red, yellow, and several shades of blue on white background; Beaded panel includes 9 pendant tabs at bottom that terminate in large black beads and yellow wool pompoms; Beaded panel is framed with delicate network of white beads; Very wide carrying strap made from additional red flannel strip is decorated with wide loom-woven beaded panel with a bordered geometric pattern on one half and geometric and floral designs on other half, all in blues, red, pink, yellow, and green on white background. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 29.3, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 42.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0260-0001 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Bandolier bag | |
| Culture | Chippewa, Ojibwe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Wisconsin | |
| County | Douglas | |
| Other Geographic Data | Superior | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Commercial cotton (blue and white) and velvet (black) cloth; Glass beads; Cotton thread; Wool yarn | |
| Description | Bandolier style bag sewn from rectangular piece of black velvet that is doubled over at top and bottom; Intervening space between the two ends covered with a pocket made from white cotton cloth; Edges of larger velvet cloth are bound with reddish-brown bias strip and edged in dark blue beads; Front of pocket is covered with loom-woven beaded panel with central pattern of diamond and X's in blue, red, and green on white background, and end borders in red and blue; Beaded fringes (blue, red, green, black, and white) with orange wool yarn at ends are pendant from pocket; Loom-woven beaded strap with hourglass and star shapes in red, black, green, blue, yellow on white background is attached to upper corners of bag. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 25.3, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 47.7 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1985-0009-0049 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Staff | |
| Culture | Chippewa, Ojibwe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains or Woodland area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Wood; Thread; Commercial grosgrain ribbon | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.0, Thickness = 1.8, Length = 93.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0276-0052 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Chokwe | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Angola | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Cacolo region, northeastern Angola | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | E.S. Ross | |
| Materials | ||
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 9.0, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 28.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0234-0279 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Bead | |
| Culture | Chumash | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Santa Barbara | |
| Other Geographic Data | Channel Islands: Santa Rosa Island | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Stone | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.8, Max Diam = 2.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0234-0287A-F |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Beads (6) | |
| Culture | Chumash | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Santa Barbara | |
| Other Geographic Data | Channel Islands: Santa Rosa Island | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Shell | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.5 to 2.0, Thickness = 0.2 to 0.3, Length = 1.5 to 2.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0206-0060A-N |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Beads (14) | |
| Culture | Coast Miwok | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Sonoma, Marin | |
| Other Geographic Data | Vicinity of Bodega Bay | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Shell | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 0.9 to 1.3, Thickness = 0.1 to 0.7, Max Diam = 0.7 to 1.0, Length = 1.2 to 1.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0082-0009A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Moccasins | |
| Culture | Columbia River Tribe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Washington | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | Columbia River | |
| Maker's Name | Sally Waukakus | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1903 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Leather; Beads | |
| Description | Pair of child's moccasins. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.0, Width = 5.0, Length = 10.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0200-0004 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Pouch | |
| Culture | Cree or Cree-Metis, possibly | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Great Lakes region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cloth; Leather; Embroidery yarn | |
| Description | Small leather pouch with embroidered floral design; Black cloth bunting trimmed with green embroidery; green tassels in upper corners; Cotton backing. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 8.4, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.9 | |
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