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A ball-headed wooden club carved with the figure of a long-tailed being. A scalp stretched on a ring is attached to the animal. The shaft is edged with chip carving. One side has an incised tree, four human figures, and cross-hatched bars. Anishinaabe or Haudenosaunee/Hodenosuanee

A round lidded birchbark box which combines Severn Oji-Cree and Anishinaabe/Ojibwe traditions for making birchbark containers. The base resembles Severn Oji-Cree bark baskets while the lidded form and quill embroidery are typical of Central Great Lakes Anishinaabe work. The use of aniline dyes and the

A Huron-Wendat birchbark cup or vase with embroidered motifs in moosehair. The presence of aniline dye dates it to about 1860-1900. Motifs are flowers, berries, leaves and stems. Collector and date of collection unknown. Presently in the collection at Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and

A wooden ball-headed club with a long-tailed being carved over the elbow and ball. An 18th century type attributable to the Anishinaabe or Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee. Held at the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology of Anthropology.

A small round Mistassini-Cree basket, datable to the 18th century. Probably part of a graduated, nested set. This example has an unusual and very fine shaped treatment of the octagonal base. Acquired by Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1904 by Mr. S

An oval lidded birchbark box embroidered in moosehair in floral designs. Huron-Wendat, from about 1840-1860. Collector and date of collection unknown. Presently in the collection of Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

A reticule bottom with scenes of a man with a bow and arrow, a reclining woman drinking from a bottle, a man smoking a pipe with a quill wrapped stem, a woman with a baby in a cradleboard, flowers, and birds. Attributed to a nun

A pair of Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee moccasins dated to the late 19th century, made of commercially tanned hide with floral beadwork on vamps and zig-zag border motifs on cuffs. In 1927, they were a bequest to Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology by William Ridgeway.

A pair of moosehair-embroidered black dyed moccasins with floral designs, typical of the Huron-Wendat between about 1800 and 1840. Part of the Ridgeway Bequest, acquired by the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1927.

A pair of Seneca style Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee moccasins datable to the first half of the 19th century. Made of native tanned deerskin ornamented with quillwork in zig-zag band and wavy linear designs. Deposited at the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology by the Trinity College

A pair of Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee moccasins with beaded cuffs and vamps. Made of commercially tanned hide and probably dating from about 1860 to 1890, based upon the materials used and the style of beadwork. Given to the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1927

A pair of Huron-Wendat moccasins of native tanned black-dyed hide with moosehair embroidery in floral motifs, probably made in the first three decades of the 19th century. Acquired by the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology from the Wisbech Museum in 1949, presented by

A pair of moccasins with floral beadwork incorporating gold foil centre to achieve greater brilliance. The floral beadwork style, inset vamp construction and use of commercially tanned hide are consistent with Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee manufacture but the colours and fineness of the beadwork are unusual. A note

A pair of Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee moccasins, attributable to the late 19th century based on the style of beadwork and the use of commercially tanned hide. Given to the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1897 by Prof. Thomas McKenny Hughes, who was Woodwardian Prof

A pair of black dyed moosehair-embroidered Huron-Wendat moccasins. Information from the donor suggests they were made in the 1820s. Donated to the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1916 by Ivor Hugh Norman Evans. Evans was a student of the museum's founding curator

A single child's Huron-Wendat moccasin made of native tanned hide, dyed a deep black with floral motifs of a style dating to the second quarter of the 19th century. Transferred to the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology from the Victoria and Albert Museum.

A pair of Hodenosaunee moccasins, from the last quarter of the 19th century. Made of commercially tanned hide with floral beadwork. They are still attached at the heels and vamps as they would have been when offered for sale. Given by Mrs. Pieskelt/Peskett to the

A pair of child's moccasins made of commercially tanned hide and simplified moosehair embroidery designs. Huron-Wendat, probably made in the late 19th century. Acquired by Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1949 from the Wishech Museum. Originally presented to Wisbech Museum by the

A pair of moccasins, attributable to the Haudenosaunee/Hodenosaunee and the last quarter of the 19th century on the basis of their construction and use of commercially tanned hide. Transferred from the Wisbech Museum to Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, probably in 1949, from

A quilled box made around 1995 by Yvonne Keshick, 'Falling Leaf,' of the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa. Keshick was taught by her aunt and mentor Susie Shagonaby. The box is quilled in the spider pattern taught to her by her aunt. Purchased by