An eighteenth-century Lenape deerhide pouch (missing shoulder strap) featuring blue, white, and red dyed quillwork as well as red-dyed deer hair fringing on edges.
A 19th century prayer book written by Edward M. Griva, S.J., featuring prayers as well as catechism (questions and answers regarding the Christian faith) in the Kutenai language with English translations in red ink underneath.
This is a 3D rendering of a Story Robe, (or Iitsiiniiksi’naatsin) digitized in a collaboration between the Blackfoot Digital Library as an effort of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the University of Lethbridge, and researchers from the UK.
Land-O-Lakes butter logo on a the packaging of butter product from early 1990s to the present. Paperboard and ink on item packaging with a focus on the companies logo over time.
Three oil paintings and twelve watercolors by Monroe Frederick, who is noted as being a Hopi student. The collection includes portraits of Hopi and Navajo Indian men, and a painting of a traditional village. One oil painting, titled “Hopi Girl”, is painted on fabric canvas and signed “Monroe Frederick” on the lower right edge. The second oil painting, depicting two Indian boys is painted on canvas on board, signed “Monroe Frederick after E. Irving Crouse."
This is an infant's first toy and it's an amulet called a Piikstaan. An amulet like this one would often be created by Blackfoot women to give to their child. It's also known as has a nothing face.
