Show 99 more

• • Thumbnail
  • Title
  • Subject
  • Description
  • Collection
• • 
    
    
  • Helping Another's Calendar String
  • Indians of North America; Cotton; Beads;
  • This string was made by hand from wild hemp. Days are represented by knots, Sundays by a small white bead, and moons by a larger bead. Deaths of tribe members are marked by red beads while the death of her husband is represented by a wampum bead....
  • McWhorter, L.V. Artifact Collection
• • 
    
    
  • Chief Joseph's Quirt
  • Indians of North America; Tacks; Hides & skins; Leather goods; Horns (Animal); Antlers
  • This elk horn prong is polished and has brass tacks inserted at the lash end. The lash is made from commercial harness leather in a double thong coming from the center of the wide base of the horn. A buckskin thong handle is attached through a hole...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Artifact Collection
• • 
    
    
  • Wounded Head's Wolf-Skin
  • Indians of North America; Talismans; Hides & skins; Fur;
  • This talisman was meant only to be worn in battle and in such circumstances was tied to its wearer's scalp-lock. The buckskin seen here was added later by L. V. McWhorter in an attempt to preserve the aging relic.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Artifact Collection

• Select All Collections