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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 Bow, accession number 2-59199, described as Self-bow of bois d'arc (mock orange); twisted sinew string tied to bow at one end with length of twine.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 2-59195, described as Feathered; eagle feathers wrapped with red wool strouding and tipped with bluish feathers, set in rawhide on felt cap; rawhide thongs with white ostrich feathers; brown metal, red and white glass "seed" beads on browband; single trail of feathers on cloth --one side brown burlap-like, other orange, green, blue painted cotton; strips of white feathers on brown side.
Hearst Museum object titled Medicine rock, accession number 2-59187, described as Stone covered with reddish-colored buckskin; decorated with various beads, 1 elk tooth, abalone shell; with buckskin fringe.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 2-59198, described as Water-based pigment on muslin; central figures 2 black buffalo, 6 brown and red ungulates with varying horn types, blue and yellow shield; 3 pink, yellow, blue tipis to left; Indian on yellow horse pursuing soldier on horse (with horns and shaggy face) to right; in both lower corners scenes of Indians fighting. (from below) "...These later paintings were made only as gifts & for sale to non-Indians.
Hearst Museum object titled Pipe bowl, accession number 2-59172, described as Carved catlinite; decorative projection chipped. Pipe bowl: marked "American Horse" (however, does not fit pipe stem #2-59165).
Hearst Museum object titled Pipe stem, accession number 2-59165, described as Wood pipe stem; carved mouth; orange horsehair wrapped with sinew; red porcupine quillwork (or possibly braided grass) and yarn - wrapped and painted; 2 sides broken off. Pipe stem marked "American Horse Oglala Sioux... (illegible)... died 1918.
Hearst Museum object titled Pipe stem, accession number 2-59164, described as Wood pipe stem, end wrapped with black, orange, yellow, white horsehair; secured with blue sinew.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Saddlebag, accession number 2-59151, described as Buckskin; multi-colored glass "seed" beads on white background each end; long, heavy buckskin fringe.

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