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Parflêche bag
Parfleche envelope; Southern Ute; ca. 1875Rawhide, pigment and native leather; 95 x 40 cm. \nRMV 362-202; collected by Herman ten Kate on the Southern Ute Reservation, September 18...
Breechcloth
Breechcloth
Breechcloth; probably Yanktonai; 1860-1870Wool, porcupine quills, sinew, metal, horsehair, pigments; 117.5 x 28.5 cm.\RMV 710-9; Herman F.C. ten Kate collection; purchased from tra...
Man's mantle or shoulder cloth
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A man's cloth with mamuli motifs on the edge. The mamuli is an omega shaped ear ornament and a symbol of female sexuality. In the Kodi district, the iconography of the cloths refer...
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Herakles and Erymanthian Boar; Warrior Farewell Scene
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On one side: Herakles capturing the Erymanthian boar. The Erymanthian boar was a monster which plagued the central Peloponnese around Mt. Erymanthos, and it was one of Herakles’ la...
Xipe Totec – “Our Flayed Lord”
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Powder bag and powder horn
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Engesle textThis powder bag; 1860-1870Hide, wool, glass, cow horn, wood; bag: h. 20.5 cm., w. 18 cm.\nRMV 710-7; Herman Ten Kate collection; purchased from Niagara Falls trader, 18...