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Dress Dress

Woman's dress, of elk-skin embroidered with beads and decorated with serge cloth, thong fringes, and tufts of hair: North America, USA, South Dakota, Blackfoot Reservation, Lakota Sioux, mid - to late 19th century

Cradle Cradle

Cradle, of wood, covered with buckskin, decorated with beads, brass tacks, serge cloth and thong fringes, featuring designs from two groups: North America, USA or Canada, Blackfoot and Shoshone-Bannock, mid 19th century

Shoe Shoe

Moccasin or shoe of soft leather with top covered with coloured beadwork in geometric design: North America, Plains, Yankton-Yanktonai or Blackfoot Confederacy, associated with Yellow Eagle

Shoe Shoe

Moccasin or shoe of soft leather with top covered with coloured beadwork in geometric design: North America, Plains, Yankton-Yanktonai or Blackfoot Confederacy, associated with Yellow Eagle

Pouch Pouch

Rectangular pouch of deerskin sewn around three edges which are bound with orange-dyed quillwork, fringed below with red-dyed hair caught in metal tags: North America, Plains, Blackfoot Confederacy

Mirror case Mirror case

Mirror case of hide and canvas decorated in beadwork with two cramp-shaped motives in dark blue on a white ground and upper dentate border, with lower edging of brass chain above a long hide fringe: North America, Ojibwe, Cree or Blackfoot Confederacy, early 19th century

Mirror Mirror

Portion of mirror set in a rectangular slip of wood decorated on reverse with incised dentate motives inlaid with red and yellow paint and brass studs, for long-distance signalling: North America, Ojibwe, Cree or Blackfoot Confederacy, early 19th century

Crupper Crupper

Horse's crupper, of cloth and yellow-stained leather, with leather and tin cone tags and beadwork ornamentation: North America, USA, Montana, or Canada, Alberta, Blackfoot Confederacy, mid - late 19th century

Knife, scalping Knife, scalping

Scalping knife with iron blade and wooden handle covered with orange, black and white quillwork: North America, Blackfoot Confederacy

Sheath, scalping knife Sheath, scalping knife

Sheath for scalping knife of deer leather faced with quillwork in orange, black and white, and edged with white beads: North America, Blackfoot Confederacy

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