Brooklyn Museum Collection

Other pieces are located as follows, SKZ 12/29/10: 06.60c- Hide bag- 5H17-4C Box 1268 06.60d -Hide bag- 5H17-4C Box 1268 06.60e- Hide bag- 5H17-4C Box 1268 06.60f- Hide animal piece , woven hair and claw attached- 5H17-4C Box 1246 06.60g- Feather bundle- 5H17-4C- Box 1270 06.60h- Large hide bag that also goes by number 11.694.9077 5H17-4C Box 1268 06.60i-Three thin leather pieces tied with a string 5H17-4C-Box 1270 06.60j- Entire sacred bird, painted with blue on one side and red on the other , 5H17-4B (box has no number on it) 06.60k-Animal hide with fur- 5H17-4C Box 1246 06.60l-Whole animal skin with porcupine quill wrapped feet - 5H17-4C-Box 1270 Object appears on release dated 1-20-1972 to James Economos with other objects in exchange for 72.51.1-.2. Approved for deacc. 1-18-1972. See museum locations as most have been located..

This otter skin cap tail would generally be worn around the neck or attached to a choker. It has a side edge of loom beadwork in white with red and blue designs. The blue cloth heart on the top edge is edged in white and red and is beaded on the reverse side. The support material which is hidden by the fur is covered with reverse appliqué ribbon work which conceals the fur fold and seams.

Otter skin tied with hide possibly as a pendent. There is no evidence of any scalp lock attached. Designation comes from original purchase book by curator Stewart Culin. According to Sean Standing Bear 10/24/2000) the hair attached to it is buffalo "fluff."

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

Feathered headdress worn by men as a sunshade. Condition: good

Pair of long boots made of caribou skin; with long, brown fur strips and edged with white fur.

Brooklyn Museum Collection

After review by several different consultants these mocassins are probably Commanche, although there is a possibility they are Kiowa. Yellow painted mocassins with a beaded arrow design in white, red ,and green on the vamp.

Plain deerskin, double thickness woman’s belt with blue pony beads wrapped around both edges. Small black seed beads are used near the fringes. At one time the end fringes were wrapped with orange quills, now mostly dissappeared.