George Catlin, Buffalo Hunt Under the White Wolf Skin (1844)

Between 1830 and 1836 the painter George Catlin followed the trail of Meriwetther Lewis and William Clark’s mythical expedition along the Mississippi, becoming the first artist to ...

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...

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...

Man's outfit; Plains Cree; 1840-1850Hide, porcupine quills, beaver toes, sinew, pigments; l. of shirt at front, 105 cm; l. of inside leggings, 115 cm.‖RMV 524-2 and 3; purchased fr...

Of gold with enamel, miniature painting, oriental pearls and jargons, dial of enamel, works with s. k. spider canal. Bottom shell convex. On this in cover enamel a figure scene in ...

A sculpture of round bundle made of white calcarenite stone. It is known as “Wolf attacking a lamb.” It belongs to the group of beings linked in a struggle. He represents a wolf a...

The origin of the Arapahoes is in the western Great Lakes region, but they moved westward to the Plains. Increasingly, they owned horses and evolved into nomadic buffalo hunters. T...