Collection Highlights

Bone Hammer

Rawhide, stone

Hide Scraper

Effie Blaine

Elk horn

Dragon Fly (Kaikanhoda) Shield

Vanessa Jennings

Leather, paint, ermine

Shield

Vanessa Jennings

Leather, paint, ermine

Skull Cracker War Club

Rawhide, stone

Tomahawk Pipe

Wood, steel

Blunt-Tip Arrow

Wood

Arrow With U.S. Flag Motif

Wood, paint, feathers, steel

Bow with Cherokee Alphabet

Osage orange wood, rawhide, paint

Gunstock War Club

Dan Beaver

Wood, steel, pigment

Corn Mortar and Pestle

Wood

Parfleche

Rawhide, leather, natural paint

Bear Basket

Birchbark, porcupine quills, sweetgrass

Berry Basket

Sitka spruce root

Cherokee Basket

River cane

Water Bottle

Willow, Yucca, leather, pine pitch, juniper, hematite

Possible Bags

Leather, trade cloth, glass beads

Burden Basket

Willow, devil’s claw, yucca root

Bentwood box—Bear Design

Ron Sebastian

Red cedar, paint

Cradleboard

Wood, paint, brass

Toy Cradleboard

Richard Aitson

Leather, wood, glass beads

Cradleboard

Cedar and willow wood, trade cloth

Cradleboard

Leather, glass beads, brass, felt (later addition)

Women’s “High Top” Moccasins

Leather, silver, pigment, glass beads

Moccasins

Leather, silk, glass beads