Studying the Lewis and Clark Collection   The "Lewis and Clark collection" at the Peabody Museum includes what are believed to be the only remaining Native American objects acquired by the Lewis and Clark expedition. They were originally given by President Jefferson and by Lewis and Clark to the Peale Museum in Philadelphia. The Boston Museum acquired a portion of the Peale collection about 1850, and transferred the materials to the Peabody Museum in 1899. For more on the history of the collection, see "The Ethnography of Lewis and Clark." A book on the collection, titled Arts of Diplomacy: Lewis and Clark's Indian Collection, will be published jointly by the Peabody and by the University of Washington Press in November, 2003. The surviving objects represent encounters between the Corps of Discovery and native peoples along the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. Documentary evidence linking the objects to the expedition is uneven. Some of the objects can be traced directly to Lewis and Clark, while others cannot be definitively associated with the expedition. Consequently, the collection has been organized into categories based on the strength of their association with the Corps of Discovery. The following list presents our current understanding of the collection. Please direct all inquiries, including permission to reproduce images of the objects, to pmresrch@fas.harvard.edu. To view these objects go to Collections Search, select Browse Selection and then "Lewis and Clark" Objects Collected by Lewis and Clark These objects have strong documentary and formal evidence that they were collected by Lewis and Clark. 1. 99-12-10/53049 Raven belt, Plains/Prairie: Sioux? 2. 99-12-10/53050 Raven belt, Plains/Prairie: Sioux? 3. 99-12-10/53051 Raven belt, Plains/Prairie: Sioux? 4. 99-12-10/53052 Otter bag, E. Plains; Sauk? 5. 99-12-10/53079 Basketry whaler's hat, Nootka or Makah 6. 99-12-10/53080 Basketry whaler's hat, Nootka or Makah 7. 41-54-10/99700, Bearclaw Necklace (read the press release!) Objects Collected by Lt. George C. Hutter Documentation confirms that these objects were donated to the Peale Museum by the family of Lt. George Christianson Hutter in 1828. Lt. Hutter was married to William Clark's niece and was stationed in St. Louis. While some scholars have suggested that he obtained these objects from Clark or from Jefferson, he probably acquired at least some of them on the Atkinson-O'Fallon military expedition of 1825-1826. 1. 99-12-10/53006, Flute Missouri or Mississippi River 2. 99-12-10/53010, Bone Whistle Mandan 3. 99-12-10/53016, Baby Carrier Plateau/transmontane 4. 99-12-10/53017, Choker Mandan 5. 99-12-10/53018, Rattle Ojibway 6. 99-12-10/53027, Knife sheath Eastern Plains Objects Collected by Either Lewis and Clark or Hutter. These objects match documentary descriptions of things that were acquired by both Lewis and Clark and by Lt. Hutter and later given to the Peale Museum. They are formally consistent with materials of corresponding age and cultural origins. 1. 99-12-10/53047 Beaded dress, Central Plains: Sioux or Cheyenne 2. 99-12-10/53120 Quilled robe, Plains Algonquian? 3. 99-12-10/53121 Painted robe, Mandan or Sioux 4. 99-12-10/53041 Warrior Shirt, Mandan? 5. 99-12-10/53046 Painted Dress, N.Central Plains: Hidatsa? Cree? Objects Possibly Collected by Lewis and Clark or Hutter These objects lack the documentary evidence necessary to link them definitively to the expedition, but they match descriptions of things given by Lewis and Clark to Peale, and are potentially old enough to have been collected in the early nineteenth century. Some of them were almost certainly acquired by Lewis and Clark. Pipe Stems 1. 99-12-10/53009.2 Bone straight pipe Plains or Great Lakes 2. 99-12-10/53099.2 Double fan calumet Upper Missouri River 3. 99-12-10/53100.2 Fan calumet (delicate, duck scalp) Missouri River 4. 99-12-10/53101.2 Fan calumet (woodpecker scalps) Missouri River 5. 99-12-10/53104.2 Big cones, bird quill Yankton Sioux? Has bladder bag 99-12-10/53104.3 6. 99-12-10/53105.2 (cloth, quilled beaks) Iowa or Missouri? 7. 99-12-10/53106.2 wrapped quill orange, brown, white W.Grt Lakes 8. 99-12-10/53107.2 scored cane Missouri River 9. 99-12-10/53108.2 half twisted calumet Eastern Plains 10. 99-12-10/53109.2 Woven geo quillwork Eastern prairie-Plains-Sauk? 11. 99-12-10/53110.2 blue tape, composite Eastern prairie/W Grt Lakes 12. 99-12-10/53111.2 delicate round calumet, resist dye hair E.Plains/W.Grt Lakes 13. 99-12-10/53114.2 twisted Eastern Plains 14. 99-12-10/53115.2 twisted Eastern Plains 15. 99-12-10/53116.2 hair pendants Eastern Plains/Western Great Lakes 16. 99-12-10/53117.2 thunderbirds Eastern Plains/Western Great lakes Pipe Bowls 1. 99-12-10/53099.1 catlinite elbow 2. 99-12-10/53100.1 catlinite prow 3. 99-12-10/53101.1 catlinite elbow 4. 99-12-10/53104.1 catlinite elbow 5. 99-12-10/53105.1 catlinite elbow, silk 6. 99-12-10/53106.1 anthro/zoomorphic 7. 99-12-10/53107.1 grey elbow, ringed 8. 99-12-10/53109.1 Micmac 9. 99-12-10/53110.1 catlinite elbow, lead inlay 10. 99-12-10/53111.1 grey crested 11. 99-12-10/53112.1 black orb 12. 99-12-10/53113.1 (St. Peters) catlinite 13. 99-12-10/53114.1 catlinite elbow, lead inlay 14. 99-12-10/53115.1 carved eagle and ferns 15. 99-12-10/53138.1 catlinite verticle disk Other 1. 99-12-10/52959-68 Arrows Central Plains 2. 99-12-10/53005 Beaded Garter Eastern prairie/Sauk? 3. 99-12-10/53007 Grizzly Claws Plains 4. 99-12-10/53057 Roach feather Plains/prairie 5. 99-12-10/53081 Black rim basketry Hat Makah or Nootka 6. 99-12-10/53122 Calf robe Central Plains 7. 99-12-10/52946 Elk Antler Bow Mandan or Hidatsa? 8. 99-12-10/53124 Robe (box and border) Central Plains 9. 99-12-10/52990 Skirt, twined Chinook 10. 99-12-10/53176 Basketry Top Hat Tlingit or Haida 11. 99-12-10/88-51/50695 Wooden cradle Chinook* 12. 99-12-10/88-51/50696 Wooden cradle Chinook* 13. 99-12-10/53011-14 Wampum Eastern Woodlands 14. 99-12-10/53062 Quilled belt E. Prairie/Great Lakes 16. 99-12-10/52944 quiver and bow case Upper Mo/Mandan? 17. 99-12-10/53002 Woven sash Grt. Lakes/ Woodlands 18. 99-12-10/53083 Basketry sailor's hat Tlingit 19. 99-12-10/53160 Sally bag Wasco-Wishram * Originally collected by artist George Catlin; traded to the Peabody by the Smithsonian.

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