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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)
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.
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 Bottle, accession number 2-18799, described as All-over multicolor beading; attached porcupine quilling, feathers, tin cones.
Hearst Museum object titled Box and lid, accession number 2-45950a,b, described as Box; Round, cedar bark with porcupine quill; dyed quills on lid form flower design in red and green, grass bundles stitched with black cotton thread around edge of lid and bottom; quills broken and missing. “Cree, Canada” printed in ink on bottom. A -bottom height 5.2 cm, diameter 6.5 cm; B-- lid height 3.5 cm., diameter 7.0 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 2-4819a,b, described as a) Bipointed marble head, grooved in middle. b) Rawhide shaft/wood core, painted tan with blue bands; rawhide tassel at end of shaft; loop at top broken; rawhide tassel with sinew and red porcupine quilling attached to loop. Note: head detached.
Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 2-73337, described as War club with porcupine quill overlay in multiple colors: white, red, yellow, lightblue, and dark blue. Dark gray, polished, double-pointed stone head covered with leather and multi-colored decoration. Wood haft, also covered with multi-colored decoration. Attributed to Northern Plains Tribes (Dakota?), c. 1880 - 1900.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 2-5589, described as (Roach); porcupine and dyed deer hair; orange/white/dark red.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pipe, accession number 2-58504a,b, described as (a) Catlinite pipe bowl with lead inlay in encircling bands and series of 'V's; broken and repaired. (b) Stem: flat carved wood decorated with dyed porcupine quillwork and grey horsehair tassel (at distal end); quillwork has yellow ground with red and blue-green geometrical decorations.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-18779, described as Drawstring; buckskin; fringed; tubular blue glass beads; porcupine quill and orange/blue/pink beading in circular design.

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