Totem Pole Model
Portland Art Museum
87.88.61
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Platter
Portland Art Museum
87.88.60
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection. Collected: Elizabeth Cole Butler
Wolf Mask
Portland Art Museum
87.88.59
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
High Top Moccasins
Portland Art Museum
87.88.57A,B
Traditional footwear for Plains Indian women is usually either boots or a combination of moccasins and leggings. Lakota women commonly wore the latter. The moccasins are characteristically made with a hard rawhide sole and a bifurcated tongue; these are often extensively decorated with lazy stitc...
Moccasins
Portland Art Museum
87.88.39A,B
Plains Indian people traditionally used porcupine quills to decorate clothing and other items. As glass beads introduced by traders became more and more available, the use of porcupine quills gradually declined, though it never stopped completely.
Dress
Portland Art Museum
87.88.18
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Wedding Veil
Portland Art Museum
87.88.17
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Knife Case and Belt
Portland Art Museum
87.88.14
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Horse Collar
Portland Art Museum
87.88.13
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Tobacco Bag
Portland Art Museum
87.88.5
In addition to being useful containers, tobacco bags were worn as clothing accessories by Plains Indian men. They were carried in the hand, with the body of the bag and the fringe allowed to hang freely. These bags were made from tanned leather, cut and sewn into a rectangular shape with an openi...