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Head band made from a split hawk skin. The beak and front part of the head are missing, but the remainder, to the tip of the tail, measures 20§" in length. One of the eyes, a brass-headed tack, still remains in place. About the neck is a woven band of buffalo wool yam dyed yellow and red. The amulet was protected by a fawn skin case.
Fur head band, apparently beaver or otter (PI. XXXII, A), long enough to encircle the head and hang down behind nearly 3'. The skin is folded in such a way as to make a band about an inch wide, with fur on both sides. There may be medicine packets within, but none are apparent from outside. Near the front of the portion encircling the head are two large tufts of long eagle down feathers dyed red, one tuft on each side, slanting backward, and just back of these again, two long eagle tail feathers, also slanting backward, ornamented with quilled wooden strips in red and yellow and tufts of down feathers and horsehair, both dyed red. A single eagle feather, hangs pendent from the trailer about 4" below the head band.
Hand-made steel knife, 11" long.
Cane war whistle, 16f" long, with part of a woven band of buffalo wool yam knotted about it just above the reed (PI. XXIX, G). This is If" wide and about 22" long, not counting some 7" of fringe at one end. The weave is diagonal, like most of the yam sashes woven by these Indians to-day, and the pattern consists of a series of pairs of chevrons side by side in a kind of greenish blue on a background of brownish yellow. There has been a white bead edging on both sides of the band, some of which has partially disappeared, and beads strung on the outermost strands of the fringe.
Large piece of bladder-like material.
Long sack, empty, of similar stuff.
Package of cedar leaves.
Package of white down.
Package containing six pieces partially indurated clay, almost white, packed well in white down. They seem to have been scraped for medicine.
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Two packages of white earth paint.
Bladder package containing a few herbs.
Woven sack of buffalo tail hair (much coarser than the wool), 14" x 8f". This is in very good condition and con- tains a number of objects:
Carved hardwood stick, 9" long, representing a deer’s foot and lower leg (PI. XXXVI, A).
Skin of a mallard duck’s neck containing a package of herb mixture.
Skin of a mallard duck’s head and part of neck.
Long shell bead, broken.
Disk of wood §" thick and 1" in diameter, grooved around periphery, probably for use as a toggle.
Six pieces greenish stone.
Buckskin roll containing strip of fibrous inner bark from some shrub or tree.
Small buckskin roll, containing a sprouted seed, dried.
Large roll made from a complete spotted fawn skin, enclosing a few pieces of cloth and some bits of fungus tinder or punk for lighting fires.
Another bundle, bought from Albert Moofe, is said to be a “Night War Bundle” because the ceremonies connected with it took place only at night. It is:
Bundle 2/6506.
Size closed, 22" x 7". Cover, of buckskin, in bad shape from age, smoke and exposure; ties, two, of buckskin.
Contents. — Thong or strip of buffalo hide, f" wide and 13' 8" long, terminating in a broader piece of the hide cut in the form of a lance head (PI. XXXVI, E), 9§" long and at the base 3§" wide, which had been painted longitudinally half black and half red. A loose piece about 4" in length had evidently been broken from the opposite end of the thong. Several conflicting accounts were given by as many Indians
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