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Ball-headed club made of a single piece of wood with burl. Ornamented with engravings of arrows, zigzag lines, and red and blue pigment. Initials "C.S" engraved on one side of the flat shaft. Great Lakes, probably Anishinaabe or Hodenosaunee.

Awl with steel point and bone handle with small bird effigy carved at the top.

Finger woven bag made of commercial string and wool yarn with rows of quadrupeds and zigzag line and diamond motif border on one side, and trapezoidal motifs possibly depicting underwater beings with zigzag line border on the other. Likely Anishinaabe.

A wooden cradleboard and cloth doll dated 1869, ornamented with chip carving and engraved motifs of flower and vase, possible sun, and four-quadrant designs. Inscribed with text, "1869/ MAHNE / July 23". Elaborate carving and possible remnants of pigment found at the back of the

Anishinaabe miniature beaded canoe ornamented with floral motifs.

An Anishinaabe woman's strap dress made of lightly tanned deerskin with fringed trim, and ornamented with beadwork in otter tail design, zigzag lines, and equal-armed crosses with bent arms.

An Anishinaabe rectangular framed wooden display panel with miniatures of a mokuk, birchbark bowl, canoe, moccasins, bow and arrow, cradleboard with beaded mossbag, snowshoes, and drawstring hide bag. List of items with Anishinaabemowin terms written in graphite on the back of the panel.

A rattle, likely Anishinaabe, made of deer dew claw rattles and a wooden handle that has been carved into the shape of a thunderbird.

Drawn and engraved design of water spirit or water being doodem on wood. Text written in ink and graphite on both sides of the small wooden panel includes: "Kathio"; "Ojibwa O-do-daim un / from / Kathio After / Sagutchu / 1901"; "J.V.B."; "Anawash". Anishinaabe, made

Anishinaabe quilled birchbark wall pocket with two rectangular open box-shaped containers, ornamented with floral and bird motifs.

This drum with handle is made of hide that has been stretched and sewn with sinew around a wooden frame. Parallel lines that divide the drum face in half, possibly depicting a horizon line, have been painted on both sides of the drum at different

Anishinaabe drum and drumstick. Drum is made of wooden frame with stretched hide secured with possibly sinew. Drumstick is made of wood with muslin tip possibly painted or dyed red. Purchased from Albert G. Heath.

Nineteenth century Anishinaabe pipe bowl and stem made ca.1850. Coarse hair dyed orange and wrapped quillwork ornament the pipe stem. On one side of the pipe stem the wrapped quillwork patterns form parallel lines; the other side is ornamented with possibly five thunderbirds, three of

Anishinaabe carved wooden spoon with shallow bowl and curved handle. Alternating patterning of holes and circles with inside dots or perhaps a concentric circle design ornament the handle. Likely made ca. 1900, from Minnesota. Purchased from Albert G. Heath.

Anishinaabe sleeves of red stroud overlaid with cotton twill ribbonwork and white beadwork in zigzag lines and diamond motifs. The sleeves are attached: a strip of ornamented red stroud is sewn at the front to cross the chest, and a strip of blue twill is

Anishinaabe ball-headed club painted red and black with feathers and carved bird head that forms the handle. Part of a museum exchange with the Minnesota Historical Society.

Finger woven woollen yarn bag with strap, ornamented with interwoven white beads in geometric designs. On one side: vertical parallel zigzag lines and paired opposing zigzag lines that form diamonds. On the other side: horizontal parallel zigzag lines. Possibly a resist dying technique(?) used on

A pair of beaded panels, of Anishinaabe type, identified as leggings but possibly cuffs from a shirt or jacket, displaying parallel rows of beaded otter tail, diagonal hatching and parallel wavy lines. Hide ties attached to one end of each panel for fastening.

A pair of woman's leggings, of Cree type, with a rounded shape around the ankle. Ornamented in floral beadwork with a zigzag linear border. Likely from the Eastern Subarctic.

A small band of woven wampum, with seven white motifs on a purple ground.