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Beaded swinging club. Heavy stone ? ball, covered with skin and four lines of pink, light blue and navy beads that extend up into a beaded rawhide strap, is tied to and hangs from another beaded strap that is nailed into the top of a short wood staff. The staff is covered with a sheath of light brown fabric around which are coiled strings of beads in bands of light blue, navy, green, pink, silver coloured metal, mustard, translucent red, and turquoise. A piece of rawhide leather with fringes is stitched to either end of the sheath.
Small, flat, rounded beadwork bag with short beaded cord handle. Short strings of beads are stitched to two light brown fabric discs that are sewn together, leaving the top edge open. One side is decorated with a yellow and blue five point star design on a white ground, the other side has four point yellow and green star with white centre on the white ground, the edge is ringed with light blue, and the handle is coiled with a string of light blue and pink.
Small, round, flat beaded bag with short coiled yellow bead handle. Two discs of light brown material, each with a long string of beads stitched on in a continuous flat coil from centre to edge, are sewn together around the edges, leaving an opening at the top. The design on one side is three spiral lines of red and yellow on a pearly white ground, the other side is blue and orange crosses around a red and green centre on a yellow ground.
Woman's beaded belt with attached tobacco pouch, awl sheath and knife sheath. Beadwork design on the belt includes crosses, squares, lines and diamond shapes in green, yellow, purple and pink on a white ground. Lined on the back with a plaid fabric. Sheath has a fringe down one side and diagonal line beadwork decoration on the front, in the same colours as the belt. The awl sheath has a skin fringe at top and bottom, and the drawstring pouch, with scalloped top, has beading on the bottom section in mustard yellow, turquoise, red, and navy designs, on a white ground.
Small circular beaded mat. Strings of white, blue, red and translucent brown beads, in concentric rings creating floral, pyramidal and linear designs, are sewn on to a piece of dark and light blue checkered cotton fabric patterned red, white and blue flowers. A crochet-like border of blue and red beads is sewn on around the rim.
Small hand rattle with a cork stopper in the handle shaft has stones ? inside the bulbous end. It consists of two halves, pieces of stiff, thick skin, sewn together from handle to top with thick twisted cotton threads that are knotted together at the top around a bundle of tiny twigs.
Red catlinite, flat-bottomed pipe head with wood dowel (a) and stem (b). Tip of pipe has carved chevron decoration behind which stands a tall bowl, flaring out slightly from its narrow base and with cross-hatch carving at top. At the opposite end, a hand carved in relief grasps the stippled surface. The stem changes shape from ends to middle, from cylindrical to squared to octagonal.
Beaded napkin ring. Strings of white, blue, yellow and red beads are sewn onto a beige fabric that is lined with navy blue fabric to create an expanded cross design. A frill of blue beads loops around both rims.
Blue, pink and white beaded belt with small pouch and skin tie. The long panel of cross-motif beadwork, stitched onto a strip of light brown fabric covered with a dark brown fabric, has a backing of striped red, blue and cream flannel fabric. Beaded semi-circular pouch attached to the bottom of the belt near one end has pocket shaped backing of the same flannel and is accessible only from the inside of the belt.
Front beaded panel of a sheath. White, yellow, and blue beads decorate a V-shaped panel of red wool fabric with burgundy and beige striped fabric backing and a gold satin border trim. A string of small metal beads is sewn on around the edge and two long skin strips are folded in half and stitched on to the bottom tip.