Meskwaki
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| 1 | 1986.0017 | Celt | In modern hafting as an ax. Color: GR |
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| 2 | 1986.6 | Spoon | Ceremonial spoon with horse head effigy handle. Hand carved by Eugene Kapayou (Mesquakie) in 1986 and purchased by donor for $35.00 at the annual Pow Wow at the settlement in Tama, Iowa on behalf of the Friends of the UNI Museum. |
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| 3 | 1987.25.1 | Headdress | Roach, hairbased. a. Roach. Porcupine hair and deer hair. b. Walnut storage stick for headdress. c. Cloth wrappings for headdress. Color: BR, YL |
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| 4 | 1987.25.10 | Tube | Sucking tube, used by healers. |
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| 5 | 1987.25.11 | Bundle, medicine | Four parts. a. Bag, wool. b. Rattle. c.Vertebra, bear. d, Beadwork item, side stitch. |
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| 6 | 1987.25.2 | Bag | Nettle fiber storage bag. faded but visiable colors and twist pattern. |
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| 7 | 1987.25.3 | Bag | Storage bag made of basswood fibers, |
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| 8 | 1987.25.4 | Bag | Most recent style in sequence of the styles of storage bags, used by the Mesquakies. |
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| 9 | 1987.25.5 | Necklace | Trade bead; clam shell disc. |
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| 10 | 1987.25.6 | Bowl | Burl. Color: BR |
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| 11 | 1987.25.7 | Bowl, Burl | Made from a burl (a part of tree that formed irregularly and makes abstract designs). |
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| 12 | 1987.25.8 | Fork | Carved handle with Fox clan symbol engraved on handle. Color: BR |
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| 13 | 1987.25.9 | Tube | Sucking tube, used by healers. |
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| 14 | 2007.6.2 | Necklace | Necklace. Seed beads. White background, red diamonds surrounded in green flanking larger oblong diamond of red with green outline. Small yellow diamonds with red center separate each larger diamond grouping. Possible heart shaped near bottom of necklace. White fringe with larger red beads at top of fringe. Damage to necklace band, thread exposed and worn. Broken in places. Beads missing and loose. Color: WH, RD, GR, YL |
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