Bequest of W.S. Morton Mead

Possibly Shoshone or Bannock that was collected in Blackfoot region. It is made from red willow.

This horsehair whip is possibly Blackfoot from the Montana area made by braiding dyed horsehair over a rawhide base and handle.

Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks

Bequest of W.S. Morton Mead

Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund

No cultural or locality information is available for these artifacts on the catalogue card. Accession memo says these were from the Blackfeet Reservation. The accession memo says, specifically: “6 Brass Bracelets from an old burial mound of the Blackfeet Indians, now the Blackfeet Reservation.” As of 2011, 5 bracelets have been located with this catalogue number.

Deer hide fringed and beaded around the edge of the bag. Drawstring is also buckskin. Different beading is on each side. One side has a central concentric circle of dark blue, yellow, red, and light blue from which a two-curved hook extends from the top, the bottom, and both sides with the top and the bottom extending from a yellow line bordered by dark blue dots and red hooks while the side hooks are all dark blue. The other side has a design that consist of a pair of yellow, dark blue, and red tear drop shapes bordered by light blue at the bottom with an inverted dark blue v-line dangling below each. Above, there is a curvi-linear horizontal red line, a vertical yellow line bordered by light blue dots, and a dark blue two-curved hook at the top.

White skin bag beaded in a floral design with a fringe around the edge. The design on one side consists of a red heart-shaped flower at the middle bottom from which emanates above at either side a small, circular, purple flower, and two red flowers. The middle red flower on the left side is open while the one on the right side is in profile. The top red flowers above are in profile. The design on the other side consists of two open red flowers with a smaller one in the lower right corner, two small, circular purple flowers in between, and two different red flowers in profile at the top left corner. The bag has a yellow and purple draw string.

Pair of flat beaded bands with blue strips of cloth at both ends; geometric pattern with blue, yellow, brown and tan beads.