String of 27 barrel beads and 1 ball

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...

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES: production and decoration The wealth of the Plains consisted of the immense bison herds. The bison didn't just provide food. The hide of this animal was u...

"(Western?) Apache moccasins for a doll; buckskin, sinew, glass beads; l. (of sole) 5 cm., h. 9 cm., w. 2.5 cm.; ca. 1880.\These beaded miniature high-top moccasins with toe tabs a...

710-12Kiowa or Kiowa-Apache woman's moccasins (johi, Merrill et.al. 1997:63); deerhide, glass; l. 24 cm., w. 9.5 cm., h. 6.5 cm; ca. 1880.‖Typical for the Southern Plains style of ...

2294-8 Beaded belt (ípzàtsis, Uhlenbeck and Van Gulik 1930:26); harness leather, glass beads, brass tacks; l. 85 cm., w. 4 cm.; ca. 1910.‖ This woman's belt was obtained by Mrs. Uh...

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES: production and decoration The wealth of the Plains consisted of the immense bison herds. The bison didn't just provide food. The hide of this animal was u...

"(Western?) Apache moccasin; k(h)é (TK); buckskin, rawhide, sinew; h. 84 cm., l. (of sole) 28 cm., w. (of sole) 18 cm.; ca. 1880.‖ This is the most basic version of the classic thi...

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES: production and decoration The wealth of the Plains consisted of the immense bison herds. The bison didn't just provide food. The hide of this animal was u...