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Wall pocket made of ermine fur and decorated with silk floral embroidery. Attached is a loop to hang the object on the wall.

Beaded woman's hood made of black cloth and edged with red silk ribbon. Adorned with elaborate, double-curved designs throughout.

Hand-sewn hide pouch adorned with quillwork, beads, quill wrapping decoration and wool.

Shot pouch made of two panels of quillwork and hide. Some of the quills have been dyed.

Small oval-shaped wall pocket, trimmed with ermine fur, and decorated with silk floral embroidery. Features a cotton loop for hanging on the wall.

Cornhusk doll wearing a skirt, leggings and moccasins. Haudenosaunee, from Six Nations of the Grand River. Donated by Mr. R.E. Richardson.

Bear effigy pipe carved out of banded slate. Likely from a burial context. Normal School Collection.

A hat made of braided corn husk. Acquired in 1994 by the Woodland Cultural Centre from Ellen Kurtah, as part of a larger collection of Haudenosaunee material belonging to Gertrude P. Kurath.

Brass triangular point with broken tip. Normal School Collection.

Beaded cap with floral motifs. Flaps are meant to stand up, resembling a priest's hat. Haudenosaunee.

Dark blue flannel Anishinaabe men's leggings with brown cotton warp threads with cuff and vertical panel (floral beaded) of black wool. Floral design drawn in flour. Cuff and panel trimmed with red cotton tape. Originally collected by Col. George E. Laidlaw of Toronto.

Loon pendant made of shell and incised with lines and dots. Normal School Collection.

Loon pendant made of shell with "X" patterns incised. Normal School Collection.

Odawa fine dark blue broadcloth women's leggings with rayon narrow ribbon work on cuff and half way up sides in scallop, otter tail and diamond designs. Black ribbon trims bottom edge all the way around.

Women's leggings made of black velveteen with side panel and wide floral beaded cuff. From Alan McClelland.

Moccasins with floral beadwork motifs made for a child. Haudenosaunee.

Loon pendent made of shell and incised. Normal School Collection.

Fine dark blue broadcloth women's leggings with stylized floral in repeating pattern set in zig zag. From Lucinda McLean.

Dark cap with small brim and elaborate floral beadwork in white beads. Haudenosaunee.

This catlinite disc-shaped pipe has a hole in the underside. Archival research done by Royal Ontario Museum staff indicates this pipe was taken from the Beecroft Ossuary, in Nottawasaga Township, Simcoe County in the 1840s. The images have been removed because of this burial context