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A pair of finger-woven garters with beadwork design throughout. From the Eastern Great Lakes region, likely Hodenosaunee or Anishinaabe, and made in the 18th to early 19th century. These garters are part of a collection loaned to the Pitt Rivers Museum by Colonel Shirley in

Birch bark and spruce root basket, decorated with porcupine quillwork. Anishinaabeg, made between 1880 and 1910. Collected by Lieutenant William Hulme Hooper and donated to the British Museum by Miss K Eden Hooper in 1943.

Pair of beaded bracelets. Haudenosaunee.

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Moose foot made into a wall pocket. It is embroidered with moosehair and porcupine quill, with metal cones, fringes of dyed animal hair, and white beads. It was donated as part of the Christy Collection.

Birch bark and sweetgrass basket decorated with floral motifs done in porcupine quillwork. Anishinaabeg, 19th century, probably from Manitoulin. Collected by Father Edward Purbrick in 1879 and donated to Stonyhurst College. One of several items purchased by the British Museum from Stonyhurst College in 2003.

A Haudenosaunee wooden smoking pipe. Two human figures are carved onto the bowl. Collected by William Bragge and purchased by the British Museum from W. Wareham in 1882.

A belt ladle or bowl with a carved turtle on the underside and a handle in the form of a squatting man. Algonquin and/or Haudenosaunee, made in 17th or 18th century. Purchased by the British Museum from Mrs. Susan Rutter in 2001.

A rectangular box made from birchbark covered in black wool broadcloth with bundled moose/animal hair edging. It is embroidered with moosehair. On side A there is a motif of three large strawberries with curliques framing them and Side B has floral design motifs.

Six strings of purple and white wampum. Northeastern woodlands, made between 1600 and 1850. Collected by the English ethnologist Henry Christy, who donated it to the British Museum between 1860 and 1869.

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Military-style "snare drum of British manufacture, painted on both sides with Anishinaabe images" (Buchanan & Hewitt 2017, 292). Anishinaabeg, from the Hudson's Bay lands, probably Manitoulin Island. Collected around 1856 by Henry Christy and donated to the British Museum between 1858 and 1860.

This is a pair of oˀę:naˀ or snowsnakes, also described as mudcat (a pair). Both snowsnakes are made of wood, lead tips, with three metal nails through the top part of the snake. There are zig zag patterns at the tips. They are identified as

A model of a bark canoe, with two wax dolls and various items. Likely of Anishinaabe origin, and produced in a convent between 1750-1790. Part of the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection.

Birch bark purse decorated with porcupine quillwork. Anishinaabeg, from Manitoulin Island. Collected by Henry Christy in 1856 and donated to the British Museum between 1860 and 1869.

Shallow dish made of sweetgrass and birch bark, decorated with a five-pointed star in quillwork. Anishinaabeg, 19th century, probably from Manitoulin. One of several items collected by Father Edward Purbrick in 1879 and donated to Stonyhurst College. Part of the collection purchased by the British

Needle case made of unsmoked animal hide, decorated with silk embroidered strawberry and raspberry motifs. Métis, made in the nineteenth century.

Moccasins.

wampum belt with 4 diagonal lines, collected by D. C. Ewing, piece acquired from the Heye Foundation in 1930, Onkwehonwe (Hodenosaunee, Iroquois), possibly 1800s.

Lacrosse stick. Anishinaabeg. Collected by Noldwritt and purchased by the British Museum from G R Harding in 1891.