Gambali, 1885 circa (Ojibway)

Woollen cloth (blue Stroud), woven, glass countryware (covered-stitch embroidery)

Leggings , circa 1885 (Ojibway)

Woollen cloth (blue Stroud), woven, glass countryware (covered-stitch embroidery)

Cuff, approximately 1885 (Ojibway invoice, Cree decoration)

Wool cloth (blue Stroud), wool, leather, fabric, glass countries (framed)

Male headdress, circa 1880 (Ojibway)

Tanned leather, velvet, glass counties (covering point), Great Lakes goose feathers, cotton thread, animal fiber, metallic rattles, vegetable fiber.

Belt, about 1880 (Cree del Sud)

Textile fabric, tanned leather, glass countrysides (covering stitch)

gun holster

Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893

gun holster

XIX - 1891 - 1900

C.A.457

Canada

Tanned leather, glass (covering stitch and "lazy" stitch), fabric, mother-of-pearl button

Contenere la pistola

DESO: Scabbard made of five pieces of leather, two for the back, one for the front, one for the bottom and one for the tongue, sewn together. The front surface and tongue are entirely covered with blue, light blue, yellow, red, pink and green glass beads forming concentric diamond geometric patterns bordered by transparent white beads. A border of pink, blue and blue glass beads in alternating bands covers the seams of the perimeter of the scabbard. Opening bordered by a hand-sewn strip of light brown and purple cotton with a button in the centre for closure. On the back, a strip of leather sewn vertically allows the scabbard to be inserted into the belt. Gun holsters were not part of the native tradition; the natives began to make it modeling it after the white men's holsters but using materials and techniques peculiar to their own culture.

knife sheath

Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893

knife sheath

XIX - 1891 - 1900

C.A.516

Canada

Tanned leather, glass countries (point "lazy" and festoncino)

Contenere il coltello

Scabbard made from two pieces of leather sewn together. Front surface entirely covered with yellow, red, dark and light blue, white and blue glass beads forming geometric patterns. A thread of blue glass beads covers the seam of the scabbard and the hem of the opening forming a scalloped edge.

Knife sheath, circa 1870 (East Dakota, Yankton)

Tanned cervid skin, tissue, porcupine spines (flattened with teeth or nails, dyed and sewn)

Male saddle, circa 1880 (Ojibway)

Woollen, woollen, glass-beamed cloth (covered-stitch embroidery)

Battle mace, circa 1870 (Teton Dakota)

Polished siliceous stone, dehusked wood, tanned leather