Brooklyn Museum Collection

This hammer has a handle totally covered with hide that extends over the stone hammer. The grey stone hammer has no grooves but is tapered on each end.At one time this might have had a decorative horsetail hanging from it. Such clubs were used in dances before a hunt and had symbolic and ceremonial function not a war function. Members of a society carried these as badges of honor and emblems of office.

The trailer consists of brown otter fur lengthened by the addition of a lighter fur that is cloth backed. It is attached to a ring of 28 bear claws circled with blue beads on the outer edge and fur on the neck edge. There is a rosette part way down the trailer, made from reeds and cloth with a feather attached to the center.This necklace was purchased from Sahe (Osage).

Hide leggings with double strand fringe at outside edge and at center thigh. Beadwork decoration along border predominantly in white, alternating with red crosses, light blue and yellow diagonals. This border wraps around to the back of the lower edge. The Inner calf leg has ^ forms, perhaps feathers?, in different colors of beads.

Brooklyn Museum Collection

This is a woven, beaded strip possibly for a bandolier bag.

Wide, otter fur headband with a white bead edging, black felt on the inside.

Knife sheath with red, and blue on white beaded designs on one side and white with blue design on the reverse side. There are three tin tinklers at the bottom point and a dangler with two tin tinklers on either side. Sean Standing Bear thought this might possibly be an awl case although it is wider than most awl cases.

Brooklyn Museum Collection