Title: The Ethnography of Lewis and Clark

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Painted Buffalo Robe
Upper Missouri River
PM#99-12-10/53121

Grizzly Bear Claw Ornaments
Plains
PM#99-12-10/53007

calumet

Calumet
Upper Missouri River
PM#99-12-10/53099

Man's Shirt

Warrior's Shirt
Upper Missouri River
PM#99-12-10/53041

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Sinew-Backed Elk Antler Bow
Upper Missouri River
PM#99-12-10/52946

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Raven Bustle or "Crow belt"
Plains / Prarie (Sioux?)
PM#99-12-10/53050

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Woman's Side Fold Dress
Northern Plains/Upper Missouri River
PM#99-12-10/53046

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Woman's Side Fold Dress
Central Plains / Upper Missouri River
PM#99-12-10/53047

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Otter Pouch
Eastern Plains
PM#99-12-10/53052

NWC hat

Whaling Chief's Hat
Makah or Nootka
PM#99-12-10/53080

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Flexible Root-gathering Bag
Wasco-Wishram
PM#99-12-10/53160

Corn

Upper Missouri corn varieties.
Left to right: Mandan soft red flour, Mandan blue, Arikara mixed flint, Mandan yellow flint.

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The Ethnography of Lewis and Clark:
Native American Objects and the American Quest for Commerce and Science

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Copyright ©President and Fellows of Harvard College