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Small model canoe made from birch bark and decorated with quill work.

A canoe made from birch bark and wood, stitched with spruce root and sealed with pitch; red-painted \"man-boards\" at either end; 2 wood paddles.

Round quillbox featuring flowers and stripes on a plain, solid-quilled white background.

Sampler of beadwork designs in white beads on black velvet, including variations of jumping pattern, black pattern, diamonds, and ottertail. Created by Nawajibigokwe of the White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, for Frances Desnmore.

Cradleboard containing plaster figure of infant, with beaded wrappings, beaded umbilical bag, woven charms resembling dreamcatchers, moss, and baby clothing. Probably collected by Frances Densmore.

Rabbit fur blanket or robe, woven out of twisted strips of rabbit skin.

Regalia ornament made of a wolf pelt from head to tail, slit down the middle and worn over the head like a stole. Edged with red stroud, and decorated with metal eyes, trimmed feathers, and quill-wrapped hide fringe. Owned by a Chippewa Chief, Okeemageequid or

Split-horn headdress, made of a birch bark cap decorated with quillwork, beads, dyed deer and horse hair, paint, feather tufts, and two halves of a split horn. Mandan or Osage in origin.

Necklace of Venetian glass beads on a cord. It is possible this is also a bead sample shown to Indigenous people for trading.

Quiver made from an entire fish skin, decorated with quillwork. Miami.

Rectangular quillbox with hinged lid, made of birch bark decorated with quillwork motifs. Miꞌkmaq.

Miniature snowshoes made of wood and rawhide netting, painted. Innu.

Knife sheath made of tanned hide and decorated with quillwork, tassels of dyed hair and metal cones. Beaded strap. Haudenosaunee.

Wooden bowl in the shape of a loon, with the inscription: \"Oiseau nommé huart. Pour Madame l\'Intendant.\"

Bracelet of carved mollusc shell beads on a cord.

Black velvet pouch decorated with beads and coloured bands. Beadwork features three flowers. Very likely made by the Huron-Wendat of Wendake (Lorette) for the tourist crafts trade.

Model canoe made of birch bark, wood, spruce root, pitch, and decorated with paints.

Birch bark bowl with square base.

Pendant made of quillwork wrapping on hide strips in black and orange, with tassels of hair and copper cones.