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  1. Ap-001 - Arrow

    Reed shaft with a bone point at tip; bone point is attached to the reed with a dark string; fletching is constructed with two halved feathers attached at their shafts to the other end of the reed with red string; two smaller pieces of feathers are attached to the very end of arrow; end of reed is carved into a nock.

    Record Type: Object

    Arrow
  2. Ap-002 - Arrow

    Reed shaft with palmwood point; palmwood point has carved barbs and is attached to the reed with a dark string; fletching is constructed with two halved feathers attached at their shafts to the other end of the reed with red string; one feather is solid brown and other feather is brown and white stripes; two smaller pieces of feathers are attached to the very end of arrow; end of reed is carved into a nock.

    Record Type: Object

    Arrow
  3. Ap-003 - Arrow

    Reed shaft with a detachable metal point; point is attached to twine and fits onto the reed shaft but can be pulled off of shaft; twine is twisted around the length of the shaft.

    Record Type: Object

    Arrow
  4. Ap-004 - Arrow

    Reed shaft with barbed wood point; fletching is constructed with two halved feathers attached at their shafts to the other end of the reed with string; two smaller pieces of feathers are attached to the shaft of larger feathers; end of reed is carved into a nock.

    Record Type: Object

    Arrow
  5. Ap-005 - Arrow

    Reed shaft with a carved wood blade point; point is attached to the reed with a dark string; fletching is constructed with two halved feathers attached at their shafts to the other end of the reed with string; eight smaller feathers are attached surrounding larger feathers; larger feathers are brown and tan; smaller feathers are yellow, white, and brown; end of reed is carved into a nock.

    Record Type: Object

    Arrow
  6. Ap-066 - Bow

    Large bow; one-quarter of one limb is wrapped in string/twine and there is a string tassel attached to this twine; there is a twine grip at the center point; pointed, carved nocks at both ends; there is also twine extended from one nock to the center grip (shoulder strap or handle).

    Record Type: Object

    Bow
  7. Ap-067 - Bow

    Large bow; one-quarter of one limb is wrapped in string/twine and there is a string tassel attached to this twine; there is a twine grip at the center point; pointed, carved nocks at both ends; there is also twine extended from one nock to the center grip (shoulder strap or handle).

    Record Type: Object

    Bow
  8. Ap-068 - Bow

    There are two bows labeled "Ap-068". For the purpose of this catalog record, the larger bow will be referred to as "Ap-068.1" and the smaller will be referred to as "Ap-068.2". Ap-068.1 - Large bow with a small amount of twine wrapped around the limb and attached to one nock (shoulder strap or handle?); the twine is also secured to the limb with a small amount of red string; there is a carved nock at both ends; at approximately the center of t...

    Record Type: Object

    Bow
  9. Ap-069 - Bow

    Record Type: Object

  10. Ap-085 - Spear

    Carved wooden spear; handle end is tapered and the shaft is cylindrical in shape; the spear end is carved into a large triangular point (like a large arrowhead point); the majority of it is a dark brown/mahogany but the handle end is a much darker shade (possible burn damage).

    Record Type: Object

    Spear
  11. Ap-095 - Club

    Record Type: Object

  12. Ap-110 - Vase

    Vase shaped basket made with black and natural straw that has been woven together to form designs and patterns.

    Record Type: Object

    Vase
  13. Ap-111 - Purse

    Women's purse; woven with reddish/brown and natural straw to form patterns and designs; there is a strap, and container that partially closes with a flap; all of the components are made from the same woven straw; there is string on the flap that can be tied to an additional string on the container section to secure the purse closed.

    Record Type: Object

    Purse
  14. Ap-112 - Fire Fan

    Record Type: Object

  15. Ap-113 - Basket

    Circular basket weaved with natural and black color straw; the colors form various patterns and designs.

    Record Type: Object

    Basket
  16. Ap-114 - Basket

    Circular basket weaved with natural and black color straw; the colors form various patterns and designs.

    Record Type: Object

    Basket
  17. Ap-206 - Neck Piece

    Necklace constructed out of beaded string; the multi-colored beads are used to form intricate diamond shaped designs along the necklace sections; the pendant has been designed with beads to represent a bird; there is beaded fringe hanging from the pendant.

    Record Type: Object

    Neck Piece
  18. Ap-256 - Belt

    Beaded string has been designed to represent birds; this design is repeated with various color beads throughout the length of the belt.

    Record Type: Object

    Belt
  19. Ap-257 - Belt

    Beaded string has been designed to represent an "X" shape; this design is repeated with various color beads throughout the length of the belt.

    Record Type: Object

    Belt
  20. Ap-258 - Bracelet

    Beaded string has been designed to represent multiple geometric shapes; this design is repeated with various color beads throughout the length of the bracelet; there are two strings on each side, ideally these would have been used to clasp the bracelet together.

    Record Type: Object

    Bracelet

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