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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-59154, described as Pipe bag: buckskin; opening and sides edged in dark blue and pink glass "seed" beads; porcupine quillwork witih purple floral design one side; red, yellow, green, purple geometric design reverse; small metal beads bottom edge; buckskin fringe.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-59156, described as Pipe bag: buckskin; multi-colored glass "seed" beads; porcupine quill-wrapped thongs at top in red, blue, yellow (2 with metal tinklers and blondish horsehair detached); red, black, white "pony" beads sewn on bottom with twisted buckskin fringes. "Pipe bag: pony beads probably "recycled", unlikely specimen is extremely old. (fide, 1976, Lawrence E. Dawson)
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5225, described as Buffalo skin; edging and designs in blue/white beads and porcupine quills and tin cones, horsehair tufts. Work bag.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-59152, described as Pipe bag: buckskin; heavily beaded with green, red, blue on white glass "seed" beads; metal tinklers with some red horsehair and porcupine quillwork in red, yellow, purple at top; 29 quilled strips with fringe attached broken off from bottom of bag. Made with buckskin; multi-colored glass "seed" beads on a white background; metal tinklers with red horsehair; red, yellow, and purple porcupine quillwork; and buckskin fringe.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-59153, described as Pipe bag: buckskin; blue, red, green on white glass "seed" beads; metal tinklers with yellow horsehair; red, white, purple strips of porcupine quillwork trim at bottom with thick buckskin fringes attached.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-6811, described as Skin, beaded, mounted with red and black wool stroud, fringe sewn on; strouds lined with black, white, amber, and blue glass seed beads; floral design of glass seed bead in center; fringe has mauve and straw dyed porcupine quills; right side fringe has only mauve from bottom to top; left side has mauve on only nine fringes at bottom, rest no quills.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 2-2758, described as Made of porcupine quills.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-48346, described as Round. Made of twined tule or cattail, dyed porcupine quill. Geometric design including triangles with yellow dyed porcupine quill, outlines.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-51742, described as Lidded; made of birch-bark with porcupine quill decoration, floral design on lid in dyed colors.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-14250, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Red pattern is Tule root. Black color is mud-dyed Tule, yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Diminuitive basket. Design black and yellow triangles.

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