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Start Over Donor Florence de Lavalette Culture or time period North American native cultures
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-45411, described as Beaded cloth "Friendship bag": Multilayered cloth with multicolored floral design in glass "seed" beads. Bottom section square, edged with green ribbon, fringed with purple, blue and red wool yarn, backed with cloth. Two rectangular top strips edged with green ribbon, backed with cloth. Seam between 2 rectangles reddened on inside green ribbon. Rip in lining at upper right edge of bottom piece. Beads missing from lower left corner. 3500 written on lining bottom left corner. Ribbon stained.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-45408, described as Pipe bag; buckskin upper with bead edge and 2 metal bead stars. Lower half with multicolored glass "seed" beads in geometric design on 2 pieces of cloth. Interior lower half lined with cotton cloth. Lower half with multicolored beads sewn on 2 sections of cloth; sewn to upper. Buckskin fringes sewn to cloth bottom, threaded with cylindrical beads.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 2-45412, described as Buckskin. Multicolored glass "seed" beads; beadwork trim and 4 beaded rosettes, fringe on sideseams, sleeve edges, bust and shoulder line, shoulder cap, 2 rows near hem, stitched with thread. Reddish stain inside and on edge of neck. Red and black marks and scratches, bulls head trade mark on inside left sleeve. commercially tanned buckskin, tab attachments "pinked".
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 2-45410, described as Felt cap covered with strips of rabbit fur, patches stained yellow, traces of green fluff at front. Crown with 2 split polished horns attached to interior hide strip. Purple feathers and green-gray fluff in between and at base of horns. Multicolored silk grosgrain (?) ribbons bound to left horn tip. Ten "ermine tails" of rabbit fur sewn about a cord, red felt seized, with black hair tips; fringes at sides.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 2-45413, described as Felt cap with browband of multicolor glass beads, strip of brownish rabbit fur with red stain. Red felt seized sockets with orange and green fluff; turkey feathers with 2 rectangles of rabbit fur at mid-shaft and tip; both sides; red fluff and horsehair tips; yellow paint traces. Quill tipped with green fluff; red and white fur, split white feathers on crown. Back with 12 "ermine tails" of white deer hair with black hair tips on either side of "ermine tails".
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Leggings, accession number 2-45409a,b, described as Buckskin with some yellow stain lower half. Band of white, green, red, yellow glass "seed" beads in a geometrical design. Sewn with thread and sinew. Beaded edge with white and clear red beads.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Moccasin, accession number 2-45406b, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Moccasin, accession number 2-45409b, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Moccasin, accession number 2-45409a, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Moccasin, accession number 2-45407b, no description available.

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