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  • POWDER FLASK

    POWDER FLASK

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 17.216.1

  • POWDER FLASK AND PRIMER

    POWDER FLASK AND PRIMER

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 17.216.2–.3

  • Quiver

    Quiver

    Date: ca. 1615–1868
    Accession Number: 36.25.2570

  • Spearhead and shaft

    Spearhead and shaft

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 1998.247a, b

  • Saddle (Kura)

    Saddle (Kura)

    Date: dated 1658
    Accession Number: 2000.405

  • Saddle (Kura)

    Saddle (Kura)

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 2005.428

  • Whistle

    Whistle

    Date: 16th–17th century (?)
    Accession Number: 1979.206.399

  • Whistle

    Whistle

    Date: 16th–17th century
    Accession Number: 1979.206.400

  • Flute

    Flute

    Date: 16th–17th century
    Accession Number: 1979.206.401

  • Sea Bear Mask

    Sea Bear Mask

    Date: late 19th century
    Accession Number: 1979.206.830

  • Headdress Frontlet

    Headdress Frontlet

    Date: ca. 1885
    Accession Number: 2011.154.37

  • Knife

    Knife

    Date: 1850–60
    Accession Number: 2002.602.4

  • Headdress Frontlet

    Headdress Frontlet

    Date: 1820–40
    Accession Number: 2011.154.2

  • Noble Woman Mask

    Noble Woman Mask

    Robert Davidson

    Date: 2001
    Accession Number: 2011.154.193

  • Ensemble

    Ensemble

    Jean Paul Gaultier (French, born 1952)

    Date: fall/winter 1994–95
    Accession Number: 1996.127.5a, b

  • POWDER FLASK
    POWDER FLASK

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 17.216.1

  • POWDER FLASK AND PRIMER
    POWDER FLASK AND PRIMER

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 17.216.2–.3

  • Quiver
    Quiver

    Date: ca. 1615–1868
    Accession Number: 36.25.2570

  • Spearhead and shaft
    Spearhead and shaft

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 1998.247a, b

  • Saddle (Kura)
    Saddle (Kura)

    Date: dated 1658
    Accession Number: 2000.405

  • Saddle (Kura)
    Saddle (Kura)

    Date: 18th century
    Accession Number: 2005.428

  • Whistle
    Whistle

    Date: 16th–17th century (?)
    Accession Number: 1979.206.399

  • Whistle
    Whistle

    Date: 16th–17th century
    Accession Number: 1979.206.400

  • Flute
    Flute

    Date: 16th–17th century
    Accession Number: 1979.206.401

  • Sea Bear Mask
    Sea Bear Mask

    Date: late 19th century
    Accession Number: 1979.206.830

  • Headdress Frontlet
    Headdress Frontlet

    Date: ca. 1885
    Accession Number: 2011.154.37

  • Knife
    Knife

    Date: 1850–60
    Accession Number: 2002.602.4

  • Headdress Frontlet
    Headdress Frontlet

    Date: 1820–40
    Accession Number: 2011.154.2

  • Noble Woman Mask
    Noble Woman Mask

    Robert Davidson

    Date: 2001
    Accession Number: 2011.154.193

  • Ensemble
    Ensemble

    Jean Paul Gaultier (French, born 1952)

    Date: fall/winter 1994–95
    Accession Number: 1996.127.5a, b

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