Doty Island Site
Doty Island Site
G a l l e r y
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H ō c ą k A r t i f a c t s
Implements of Stone
| Stone Celt, Doty Island Site | A Stone Axe and Stone Celts, Doty Island Site | A Muller from the Doty Island Site |
Implements of Antler and Bone
| An Implement Made of an Antler | Implements of Bone | Bone Awls |
Copper Implements
| Copper Spear Points, Doty Island Site |
War
| The Thunderbird Warbundle | The Hawk Warbundle | A Warbundle Cover | The Contents of the Thunderbird Warbundle | Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 1 (Lender) | Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 3 (Lender) | Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2 (Lender) | Exterior Elements of Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2 | Contents of Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2, Part 1 | Contents of Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2, Part 2 | Contents of Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2, Part 3 | Contents of Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2, Part 4 | The Contents of the Hawk Clan Warbundle | A Warbundle of Wolf's Hair | Warclubs of the Upper Moiety | Warclubs of the Upper Moiety and the Lower Moiety | A Flat-headed Warclub of the Lower Moiety | Tomahawk |
Hunting
| Arrowheads and Spearheads, Doty Island Site | A Bow and Bird Arrow | Bandoleers | Bandoleer Bag |
Fishing
| An Iron Harpoon Point, Doty Island Site |
Culinary Ware
| Mortars and Pestles | Wooden Bowls, 1913 | Five Wooden Bowls | Wooden Spoons | Ladles, 1913 |
Containers
Cradles
| An Ornamental Cradle Board |
Baskets
| A Collection of Hocąk Baskets | A Shopping Basket | A Miniature Basket | Baskets of Emma Big Bear |
Bags and Receptacles
| A Twined Medicine Bag, Obverse | A Twined Medicine Bag, Reverse | A Small Beaded Bag | A Birch Bark Receptacle | A Beaded Bag, Obverse | A Beaded Bag, Reverse | 1. Woven Bags | 2. Woven Bags | 3. Woven Bags | 4. Woven Bags | 5. Woven Bags | 6. Woven Bags | 7. Woven Bag | 8. Woven Bag with a String Handle | Openwork Woven Bags | Miscellaneous Bags | A Woven Friendship Bag | 9. A Woven Bag | 10. A Woven Bag, Obverse | A Woven Bag, Reverse | 11. A Woven Bag | A Sewing Bag | A Fur Bag, 1913 | A Draw-String Bag |
Pouches
| Fur Pouches | Beaded Tobacco Pouches |
Pottery
Agriculture
Travel and Transportation
| Snowshoes | Blackhawk's Snowshoe | A Staff with Markings on It |
Whips
| Whips | Little Priest's Quirt (with 6 Scalp Marks) |
Structures
Habitations
| An Oval Lodge | An Oval Lodge Frame | The Frame of a Medicine Rite Lodge | A Lodge Frame | The Frame and Interior of an Oval Lodge | A Diagram of How a Mat Lodge is Constructed | A Mat Covered Lodge | A Lodge of Reed Matting | A Lodge of Reed Matting | A Bark Lodge | Birch Bark Lodges | A Hocąk Longhouse Lodge | A Hocąk Bark Lodge | A Bark Lodge | A Lodge of Bark and Reed Matting | An Elm Bark Lodge with a Corn Drying Frame | Lodges Near Black River Falls | The Winnebago Medicine Dance Lodge | A Hocąk Medicine Rite Encampment | The Medicine Rite Lodge | The Interior of a Hocąk Medicine Rite Tent |
Grave Houses
| Grave Houses, 1887 | Funeral Huts | A Cemetery |
Frames
Rope and String
| Twine |
Heddles
| Heddles | A Beadwork Heddle |
Clothing and Adornment
Clothing
| Old Style Clothing | A Shirt | Ceremonial Clothing | A Vest | A Section of a Neck Band | Bands | A Leather Waist Band | Breechcloath (1) | Breechcloath (2) | Decorative Moccasins (1) | Decorative Moccasins (2) | Decorative Moccasins (3) | Moccasins | Moccasin with Top Fringe and Beaded Band Decoration |
Adornments
| A Bear Claw and Fur Necklace | The Same Kind of Claw Necklace on White Horse | Glass and Shell Beads | Women Wearing Multiple Strands of Beads | A Headdress Feather | A Female Headband | A Woman's Hair Ornament | A Female Hair Ornament | Beaded Belts | Beaded Belt | Metal Bands | Incised Bracelets and Disks |
Combs
| A Comb Affixed to the Hair of Hųwąnįka |
Ritual Objects
| Otter Skin Pouches of the Medicine Rite | An Otter Skin Pouch | Animal Pouches of the Medicine Rite | Skin Pouches and Feather Fans Used in the Medicine Rite | A Medicine Doll |
Wampum Belts
Pipes
| Old Decora's Pipe | A Catlinite Pipe | Painted Wooden Pipe Stems |
Musical Instruments
| A Drum with as Thunderbird Motif | A Drum | A Star Drum | A Gourd Rattle | A Courting Flute | A Flute | An Aerophone Flute-Whistle (1) | An Aerophone Flute-Whistle (2) | A Drawing of a Hocąk Flute | Whistles from a Thunderbird Warbundle |
Games and Amusements
| Lacrosse Sticks | Two Lacrosse Rackets |
Implements of Stone
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| Lawson, WT, Pl. 9 | Lawson, WT, Pl. 7 | |
| Stone Celt, Doty Island Site |
A Stone Axe and Stone Celts, Doty Island Site |
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| Lawson, WT, Pl. 5 |
| A Muller from the Doty Island Site |
Implements of Antler and Bone
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| Lawson, WT, Pl. 9 |
| An Implement Made of an Antler |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 10 |
| Implements of Bone |
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| Daderot, Wisconsin Historical Museum |
| Bone Awls |
Copper Implements
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| Lawson, WT, Pl. 9 |
| Copper Spear Points, Doty Island Site |
War
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| BAE 37: Pl. 56b | BAE 37: Pl. 56a | |
| The Thunderbird Warbundle | The Hawk Warbundle |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 56a |
| A Warbundle Cover |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 57 |
| The Contents of the Thunderbird Clan Warbundle |
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| Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 46 (1914): 415 fig. 1 |
| Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 1, E. W. Lender Collection, #2674—2701 |
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| Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 46 (1914): 415 fig. 3 |
| Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 3, E. W. Lender Collection, #2754 - 2792 |
| Eduard Seler describes the contents of this Warbundle: the angularly bent wooden war club (the Thunder club) is accompanied by a ballheaded club. Lance tips are as in the other two bundles. The black swallow-tailed kite seems to be represented here by the white, spotted falcon. The container from the skins of a deer fetus is also present here, likewise skunk and buffalo tail and snake skin, the otter's pelts and the weasel. A nicely worked oval wooden bowl serves as a container for feathers. |
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| Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 46 (1914): 415 fig. 2 |
| Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2, E. W. Lender Collection, #2702—2753, 2902, 2903. |
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| Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 46 (1914): 416 fig. 4 |
| Exterior Elements of Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2 |
| Left to right: a braided mat, a wooden flat club, a wooden standard surmounted by a bear, three war arrows, a binding cord, and a steel flat club. The clubs have lightning lines engraved on them. |
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| Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 46 (1914): 416 fig. 5 |
| Contents of Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2, Part 1 |
| Left to right: two reed flutes, a fire drill consisting of a whirling stick and a broad basal piece. To the right of the base board are two knives for inserting into the curve of the war club, and two iron lance tips, tied together. A reed flute which is decorated with an engraved lightning line and tufts of red horsehair, (unidentified), a drum stick (over the dark stripe), and two more reed flutes. |
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| Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 46 (1914): 417 fig. 6 |
| Contents of Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2, Part 2 |
| Left to right: Falcon feathers on a piece of buckskin. A pipe, below which are two eagle feather fans. A medicine whistle, whose head is made of red Catlinite, the tube is made of wood, carved flat, ruler-like and decorated with brass nails. 6. A small plate which serves as a holder for the headdress. Two eagle feathers, single and tufted, with porcupine quill embroidery and decorated with horsehair, downy feathers and rabbit fur. Falcon feathers on a piece of buckskin. Another bone plate (?) at the lower right. |
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| Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 46 (1914): 417 fig. 7 |
| Contents of Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2, Part 3 |
| Seler's (inadequate) description: skunk tail, buffalo tail, snake skin and deer tail; mole and otter, each with a buffalo bag, weasel with bound medicine bag and an embroidered bag with red horse hair. This is expanded thus: 7. A small bag decorated with pearl embroidery, containing a lock of buffalo hair, (bottom left). 10. Two skunk tails (left). 11. Two Buffalo Tails (right next to it). 12. A stag's tail (in the middle of the right side). 13. Two serpents (right of the previous one). 14. A mole containing medicine, and a small bag of buffalo bladder as a container for it (in the middle below). 15. An otter with attached red feathers, holding two scalps in its mouth, and a buffalo bladder bag that serves as a container for them (right of the center). 16. Three weasels, wrapped in medicine bags and fastened with blue or red ribbons, one of which is woven from buffalo hair and decorated with "Hudson Bay" pearls (right side). |
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| Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 46 (1914): 418 fig. 8 |
| Contents of Thunderbird Clan Warbundle 2, Part 4 |
| Seler's (inadequate) description: swallow-tailed kite and falcon, each with a sheath made of a deer's pelt; hazel grouse; chest, head and claws of a golden eagle; pigeon hawk, sparrow hawk and other bird. This is expanded thus: 17. The pelt of a swallow-tailed kite (Nauclerus forficatus) is hung on red flannel and decorated with porcupine quills on the wings, with a container made from the skin of a deer fetus (in the middle). 18. A falcon pelt, with a container of the same species (left of the previous one, the corresponding deer fetus container on the right side of the picture). 19. A sparrow hawk pelt (below the previous ones). 20. Two pigeon hawks pelts (on the right side of the picture). 21. Two pelts of a small purple species ("purple merlin"), bottom center. 22. The head, chest and claws of the golden eagle with a medicine bag tied to it (to the right of the swallow-tailed kite's pelt). 23. Pelt of a hazel grouse ("ruffed grouse" = Bonasa umbellus) (top left). 24. Pelt of a small water bird ("pied grebe bill"?) (bottom left). |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 58 |
| The Contents of the Hawk Clan Warbundle |
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| Lowie, AMNH 4, 2 (1910) |
| "A tiny bow and arrows constituting war medicine in a bag made from a wolf's tail" – Lowie |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 43 |
| Warclubs of the Upper Moiety |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 44 | BAE 37: Pl. 45 | |
| Warclubs of the Upper Moiety and the Lower Moiety |
A Flat-headed Warclub of the Lower Moiety |
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| Antique Weapons Store |
| Highly Ornamented Tomahawk of Caxšebᵉnįnįka |
| This particular weapon occurs in a photograph of Caxšebᵉnįnįka from the H. H. Bennett studio. Tradition says that this tomahawk once belonged to Chief Yellow Thunder. |
Hunting
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| Lawson, WT, Pl. 11 |
| Arrowheads and Spearheads, Doty Island Site |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 31 |
| A Bow and Bird Arrow |
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| BAE GN 03806C 06609200 |
| Two Bandoleers |
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| Brooklyn Museum, CreativeCommonsBY Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 38.632 |
| Bandoleer Bag |
| "Bandoleer Bag, early 20th century. Beads, cloth, wool, silk, and metal bells, 39 3/8 × 19 in. (100 × 48.3 cm)." |
Fishing
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| Lawson, WT, Pl. 9 |
| An Iron Harpoon Point, Doty Island Site |
Culinary Ware
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| BAE 37: Pl. 38c |
| Mortars and Pestles, 1913 |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 38a |
| Wooden Bowls, 1913 |
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| BAE GN 03810B06 06610500 |
| Five Wooden Bowls, 1913 |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 38b |
| Wooden Spoons, 1913 |
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| NAA INV 06610600 |
| Ladles, 1913 |
Containers
Cradles
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| BAE 37: Pl. 42 |
| An Ornamental Cradle Board |
Baskets
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| © Houston County Historical Society |
| A Collection of Hocąk Baskets |
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| NPS |
| Baskets of Emma Big Bear (1869-1968) |
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| Sarah Whiteagle, Etsy | Daderot, Chazen Museum | |
| A Shopping Basket, Black Ash, 1980’s | A Miniature Basket, Black Ash |
Bags and Receptacles
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| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn Museum | |
| A Twined Medicine Bag, Thunderbird Design, Obverse | A Twined Medicine Bag, Thunderbird Design, Reverse |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 28 | BAE 37: Pl. 30 | |
| A Small Beaded Bag | A Birch Bark Receptacle |
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| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn Museum | |
| A Beaded Bag, Obverse | A Beaded Bag, Reverse |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 34 |
| Woven Bags |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 34 |
| Woven Bags |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 34 |
| Woven Bags |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 35 |
| Woven Bags |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 35 |
| Woven Bags |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 35 |
| Woven Bags |
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| BAE GN 3809 B | BAE GN 03809A 06609900 | BAE GN 03810B02 06610100 | ||
| Woven Bag, 1913 | Woven Bag, 1913 | Woven Bag with a String Handle |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 37 |
| Openwork Woven Bags |
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| BAE GN 3810 A |
| Miscellaneous Bags |
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| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn Museum | |
| A Woven Friendship Bag | Woven Bag |
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| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn Museum | |
| A Woven Bag, Obverse | A Woven Bag, Reverse |
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| Met, Mrs. Green Rainbow | Daderot, Wisconsin Historical Museum | |
| A Woven Bag | A Sewing Bag |
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| BAE GN 03810B02 06610100 |
| A Fur Bag, 1913 |
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| BAE GN 03810B02 06610100 |
| A Draw-String Bag, 1913 |
Pouches
BAE GN 03810B01 06610000 Fur Pouches
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| BAE GN 3810 B14 |
| Beaded Tobacco Pouches |
Pottery
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| Lawson, WT, Pl. 5 | ||
| Pottery Shards from the Doty Island Site |
Agriculture
Travel and Transportation
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| BAE 37: Pl. 40 | ||
| Snowshoes | Blackhawk's Snowshoe |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 30C |
| A Staff with Markings on It |
Whips
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| BAE GN 03806F 06609500 |
| Whips |
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| Nebraska State Historical Society, D.C. “Omaha Charlie” Bristol Collection |
| Little Priest's Quirt (with 6 Scalp Marks) |
Structures
Earth Works and Mounds
Habitations
Eastman Eastman An Oval Lodge An Oval Lodge Frame
BAE GN 4400 A Lodge Frame
H. H. Bennett The Frame of a Medicine Rite Lodge
The Frame and Interior of an Oval Lodge
ISIL 1880 A Diagram of How a Mat Lodge is Constructed
NAA INV 00215900 BAE 37: Pl. 18a A Mat Covered Lodge A Lodge of Reed Matting, 1910-1913
BAE 37: Pl. 19c BAE 37: Pl. 19a A Lodge of Reed Matting, 1910-1913 A Bark Lodge, 1910-1913
A Hocąk Longhouse Lodge, ca. 1900
Alice C. Fletcher Birch Bark Lodges
Henry Roe Cloud BAE 37: Pl. 18c A Hocąk Bark Lodge, ca. 1915 A Bark Lodge, 1910-1913
BAE 37: Pl. 18b BAE GN 03805 06608900 A Lodge of Bark and Reed Matting, 1910-1913 An Elm Bark Lodge with a Corn Drying Frame
Reformed Church Lodges Near Black River Falls, 1921 Note the presence of stove pipes reflecting a change in technology. At the far left is the frame to an oval lodge. The small out lodge to the far right may be a menstrual hut.
Seth Eastman The Winnebago Medicine Dance Lodge
NAA 03799 A Hocąk Medicine Rite Encampment
BAE 37: Pl. 49a The Medicine Rite Lodge
NAA 03799 The Interior of a Hocąk Medicine Rite Tent
Grave Houses
Alice C. Fletcher Grave Houses, 1887
BAE 37: Pl. 54b Funeral Huts
Reformed Church A Cemetery Near Black River Falls, 1921
Frames
H. H. Bennett BAE 37: Pl. 30 A Frame for Tanning a Hide Frame for Stringing Beads
Rope and String
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| BAE GN 03810B02 06610100 |
| Twine, 1913 |
Heddles
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| BAE GN 03810B02 06610100 |
| Heddles |
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| Daderot, Wisconsin Historical Museum |
| A Beadwork Heddle |
Clothing and Adornment
Clothing
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| BAE 37: Pl. 23a |
| Performers Wearing Old Style Clothing |
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| BAE GN 03810B09 06610800 |
| A Shirt, 1913 |
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| BAE GN 3810 B13 |
| Ceremonial Clothing: bottom shirt (disc shirt), and perhaps beaded shirt also, are women's shirts, worn at sacred Warbundle feasts or medicine lodge ceremonies. At left is man's breech-clout. At right are men's leggings. |
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| BAE GN 03810B08 06610700 |
| A Vest, 1913 |
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| NAA MS 4800: 23 |
| A Section of a Neck Band |
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| BAE GN 3810 B15 |
| Bands |
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| BAE GN 03810B08 06610700 |
| A Leather Waist Band, 1913 |
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| Brooklyn Museum | Daderot, Wisconsin Historical Museum | |
| Breechcloth | Breechcloth |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 24 |
| Decorative Moccasins |
| a. Men's moccasin with a partial quill decoration. b, c. Men's moccasin with beaded Algonquian decoration. d. Women's moccasins with a beaded Hocąk decoration. e. Women's moccasin with silk appliqué work. |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 25 |
| Decorative Moccasins |
| a. Men's moccasins with a beaded Hocąk decoration. b. Women's moccasins with a beaded Hocąk decoration. c. Women's moccasin with silk appliqué work. |
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| Daderot, Wisconsin Historical Museum |
| Decorative Moccasins |
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| Lowie, AMNH 4, 2 (1910) |
| Moccasins |
| a-b. Women's moccasins. c. A man's moccasin. d. A child's moccasin with a hole in the sole to discourage the child's spirit from walking away. |
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| Wissler, AMNH 17, 3 (1916) |
| Moccasin with Top Fringe and Beaded Band Decoration |
Adornments
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| BAE GN 03810B04 06610300 | Charles Milton Bell | |
| A Bear Claw and Fur Necklace | The Same Kind of Claw Necklace on White Horse |
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| Lawson, WT, Pl. 2 | BAE 37: Pl. 21b | |
| Glass and Shell Beads | Women Wearing Multiple Strands of Beads |
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| A Headdress Feather | ||
| "A carved bone, somewhat like an elongate isosceles triangle in shape, spread out this [deer tail headdress] roach and was attached near the front to another tubular bone in which an eagle feather was inserted. Often the latter was ornamented with dyed horse hair and rattlesnake rattles." – Lowie | ||
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| Belden | BAE 37: Pl. 28B | BAE 37: Pl. 28A | ||
| A Female Headband | A Woman's Hair Ornament | A Female Hair Ornament |
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| NAA INV 06609100 |
| Beaded Belts |
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| Brooklyn Museum, Creative Commons-BY Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 46.96.3. |
| A Beaded Belt |
| "Lined Beaded Belt. Beads, gingham cloth, 77 x 3.5 cm / 30 1/4 x 1 3/8 in." |
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| BAE GN 03810B02 06610100 | Brooklyn Museum | |
| Metal Bands | Incised Bracelets and Disks |
Combs
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| Charles Bird King |
| A Comb Affixed to the Hair of Hųwąnįka |
Ritual Objects
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| BAE 37: Pl. 51 |
| Otter Skin Pouches of the Medicine Rite |
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| Lowie, AMNH 4, 2 (1910) |
| An Otter Skin Medicine Pouch |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 52 | BAE 37: Pl. 53 | |
| Animal Pouches of the Medicine Rite | Skin Pouches and Feather Fans Used in the Medicine Rite |
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| Lowie, AMNH 4, 2 (1910) |
| A Medicine Doll |
Wampum Belts
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| The Indians, The Northwest, 34 |
| The Governor Denny Wampum Belt |
| "The illustration in this work of wampum is of the famous Governor Denny belt made by the Indians in 1758, and owned now by the Winnebagoes. Depicted on the belt in bead work are the figures of an Indian and a white man, at peace with each other. This belt is valued at $5,000. The Winnebagoes possess the rarest collection of wampum belts now in existence in the United States. These belts are eleven in number and are in the possession of White Buffalo, chief of the tribe, who resides in Chicago. The names of these eleven belts are: Five Nation's War Belt; Six Nation's Peace Belt; Six Nation's Peace Belt, representing two roads; Old French Fort Belt, of New York, 300 years old; Black Hawk Belt; First William Penn Belt, 218 years old; Governor Denny Belt of 1758; Red Jacket Belt of 1825; Captain Brant Belt of 1750; French Peace Belt, 200 years old; French Mission Belt." |
Pipes
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| Hexom |
| Old Decora's Pipe, Given as a Gift to Zachary Taylor |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 30E |
| A Catlinite Pipe |
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| Brooklyn Museum, CreativeCommonsBY Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 50.67.73 |
| Painted Wooden Pipe Stems, Early XIXᵀᴴ Century, 24 in. The Specimen at the Bottom is the Reverse Side of the One Directly Above it. |
Musical Instruments
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| BAE 37: Pl. 44 | BAE 37: Pl. 44 | |
| A Drum with a Thunderbird Motif | A Drum |
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| Brooklyn Museum |
| A Star Drum |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 44 | ||
| A Gourd Rattle |
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| A Fandom |
| A Courting Flute |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 30D |
| A Flute |
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| Met, Crosby Brown Coll. |
| An Aerophone Flute-Whistle, 1889 |
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| Met, Crosby Brown Coll. |
| An Aerophone Flute-Whistle, 1889 |
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| George Catlin |
| A Drawing of a Hocąk Flute |
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| BAE 37: Pl. 57 |
| Whistles from a Thunderbird Warbundle |
Games and Amusements
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| NAA INV 06610200 |
| Lacrosse Sticks |
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| Lowie, AMNH 4, 2 (1910) |
| Two Lacrosse Rackets |
