HOLDINGS FROM NORTH AMERICA Artifacts from North America make up nearly half of the Peabody’s ethnographic holdings. This outstanding collection dates from the 17th to the 20th centuries and is derived from all areas of the continent. Holdings include Navajo rugs and textiles, Zuni and other Pueblo ceramics, Hopi katchinas, the Keam Collection of Hopi pottery, artifacts from the Hemenway Southwestern Expeditions, the Wright collection of mid 20th-century Native American objects from the Southwest; Seminole textiles and garments, Cherokee and Chitimacha baskets for the Southeast; Baskets and other artifacts collected by Grace Nicholson from California, Quillwork and embroidery, wampum, canoes, snowshoes and other hunting equipment, collections transferred from the American Antiquarian Society and the Massachusetts Historical Society for the Northeast; the collections of Alice Fletcher and Francis LaFlesche (Omaha, Nez Perce), Herbert Spinden (Nez Perce), and William Claflin, Jr.; artifacts collected by Lewis and Clark (especially Mandan from the plains; Chilkat blankets, masks (Haida, Tlingit, Bella Bella, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl), coppers and other potlatch equipment, rattles of wood and copper, collections of Charles Newcombe (Kwakiutl) and Edward Fast (Tlingit), wooden armor from the Northwest; and ivory and steatite carvings (19th and 20th centuries), Inuit masks, story knives, skin garments, hunting and transport equipment from the arctic. Related links: The Ethnography of Lewis and Clark: Native American Objects and the American Quest for Commerce and Science Rainmakers from the Gods: Hopi Katsinam Against the Winds: American Indian Running Traditions Photographic Resources Guide to the North American Collection Archaeological Holdings Hall of the North American Indian
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