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AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS

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Cheyenne, Pipe Bowl, c. 1890, carved catlinite (black pipestone), 9⅜" x 4⅛". Gift of M. Z. Donnell, Mrs. H. E. Selby & Dr. John M. Donnell, 1980.04.101

 

Cheyenne, Pipe Bowl, c. 1890, carved catlinite (black pipestone), 9⅜" x 4⅛". Gift of M. Z. Donnell, Mrs. H. E. Selby & Dr. John M. Donnell, 1980.04.101
Columbia River Plateau, Man’s Beaded Vest, c. 1900, glass beads, cloth and thread, 22” x 17”. Museum purchase, 2009.03.001.

 

Columbia River Plateau, Man's Beaded Vest, c. 1900, glass beads, cloth and thread, 22" x 17". Museum purchase, 2009.03.001.
Ellen Curley (Nuu-chah-nulth, active late 19th-early 20th centuries), Whaler's Hat, c. 1905, spruce root, cedar bark and surf grasses, 13" tall x 14" diameter. Gift of Samuel Hill, 1938.01.0024.

 

Ellen Curley (Nuu-chah-nulth, active late 19th-early 20th centuries), Whaler's Hat, c. 1905, spruce root, cedar bark and surf grasses, 13" tall x 14" diameter. Gift of Samuel Hill, 1938.01.0024.
Middle Columbia River Region, Animal Figure
Middle Columbia River Region, Animal Figure, pre-19th century, carved stone, 6⅞" x 4⅞" x 19½". Gift of Robert Campbell, 1961.08.016
Nettie Jackson (Klikitat, born 1942), Large Cedar Root Berry Basket, 1983, Western red cedar (Thuja plicata), beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and commercial dyes, 18" x 16". Gift of Mary Dodds Schlick, in memory of William T. (Bud) Schlick, 1925-1992, 2010.03.001.

 

Nettie Jackson (Klikitat, born 1942), Large Cedar Root Berry Basket, 1983, Western red cedar (Thuja plicata), beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and commercial dyes, 18" x 16". Gift of Mary Dodds Schlick, in memory of William T. (Bud) Schlick, 1925-1992, 2010.03.001.
Klikitat, Wedding Veil, c. 1875, glass and metal beads, dentalium shells, thimbles, bells and Chinese coins, 22" x 10". Gift of Cecil Wesley, 1989.13.001.

 

Klikitat, Wedding Veil, c. 1875, glass and metal beads, dentalium shells, thimbles, bells and Chinese coins, 22" x 10". Gift of Cecil Wesley, 1989.13.001.
Klikitat, Wedding Veil, c. 1875, glass and metal beads, dentalium shells, thimbles, bells and Chinese coins, 22" x 10". Gift of Cecil Wesley, 1989.13.001.

 

Louise Van Pelt Spino (Wasco, 1897–1972), Twined Flat Bag, c. 1925, cornhusk, dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), cotton string and leather, 8½" x 10" (without handle). Gift of Mary Underwood Lane, 1940.01.097b.
Yakama, Beaded Bag, c. 1950, glass beads, buckskin and cloth, 30" long (beaded area is 16" x 15"). From the Collection of Vernon and Marionne Langemack, 2011.31.001.

 

Yakama, Beaded Bag, c. 1950, glass beads, buckskin and cloth, 30" long (beaded area is 16" x 15"). From the Collection of Vernon and Marionne Langemack, 2011.31.001.