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This relative, a wampum and dentalium necklace, is made of shell beads including purple and white wampum beads (quahog and whelk shells) and dentalium shells. The beads are strung on a string of natural fibres, double knotted to form the necklace. The beads form a

This relative, a wampum cuff or personal adornment, is trapezoidal-shaped, made of purple and white wampum beads woven on natural fibre, measuring 20 beads by 70 beads on the longest edge. There is a blue colourant visible on some of the weft fibres. The

This relative, a mkak (also spelled mokuk and makak), is oval-shaped contained made of birchbark with an inset lid. The lid has a leather strap in the centre used as a handle. The box is constructed using two layers of bark. The outer bark layer

This relative, a wampum string, is composed of 45 purple and white wampum beads, made from quahog and whelk shells, strung together on natural fibre. The string is knotted at both ends, with a piece of red fibre added to the knot at one end

This relative, a wampum string, is composed of a doubled string of white and purple wampum beads on natural fibre thread with ends tied by small pieces of fabric. The beads are tubular in shape and opaque, slightly irregular in length and diameter, but with

This relative, a wampum string, is made of 87 purple shell beads strung on natural fibre. Beads are tubular in shape and opaque, slightly irregular in length and diameter, but with an overall consistent look typical of wampum beads made using metal tools. The string

This relative, a wampum string, is composed of 21 purple and white wampum beads made from quahog and whelk shells strung on natural fibre. The string is knotted to create a circular shape. A second knot separates the purple beads from the white beads to

This relative, a wampum belt, is made of purple and white shell beads woven on natural fibre with leather-wrapped selvedges braided into tassels at each end of the belt. The wampum belt measures 4 beads in width by 319 beads in length. The beads are

This relative, a wampum belt, is made of purple and white shell beads woven on natural fibre. With a vertical orientation, this wampum belt is composed of opaque, tubular-shaped beads. They are slightly irregular in length and diameter but have an overall consistent look typical

This relative, a wampum belt, is long and narrow. Composed of purple and white shell beads measuring 7 beads by 344 beads. The warps are made of semi-tanned leather and the wefts are made of plant fibres. The selvedges of the belt have been wrapped

This relative, a wampum belt, is made of purple and white shell beads woven on natural fibre with straight leather wrapped selvedges. Fibres are braided into tassels on both ends of the belt. The beads are tubular in shape and opaque. They are slightly irregular

This relative, a wampum belt, is long and narrow. There are three white circles on a purple field. The belt has 8 horizontal rows of beads. One end of the belt has a fringe created from the warp. The other end of the belt appears

This pair of quillwork bands were made to be attached to a bag. Although the Museum record identifies these as Sioux, GRASAC researchers believe these are Cree from James Bay because of the red, blue and natural colours of the quills. There are geometric designs

This hide pouch with two loom woven quillwork panels may be quite old, dating to the 18th century, and possibly the first half of the 18th century (1700-1750). It is a two-piece construction, and the seam is visible. The quilled panels are sewn onto hide

This rectangular, hide pouch has two pockets that each extend to the bottom of the bag. It has been decorated with two bands of loomed quillwork with designs created in yellow, white, red (now appears as pink), purple and blue (now blue/green). Each band was

This single moccasin, mkizin, is missing its mate. It is constructed from a single piece with a centre seam decorated with woven quillwork. The flaps, each with their own woven quillwork band, were added on. The quills are red, white, black and blue/turquoise. There are

This relative is a hide pouch, with a black smoked front panel, unblackened back panel, and an unblackened strap featuring quill embroidery. It also has an unusually large number of tinkle cones compared to other bags. The strap has been sewn to the pouch and

This set or pair of black smoked hide patches is adorned with fine quill, moosehair embroidery, or both. The bottoms of these relatives are edged with black and white beads ending in tiny tinkle cones and dyed moose or deer hair. The hair has been

This pair of garters or arm bands are quilled in red and white, with beaded tassels on the ends. They are a combination of porcupine and bird quills, with GRASAC researchers believing that the quills running lengthwise are split bird quills, woven through what are

This two-tabbed pouch has very distinct and complex quillwork. The quillworker produced intricate positive and negative spaces. One of the taps at the top of the pouch has two lines of quill decoration in white and orange (originally red) - though some of the quills