History

c. 1972

Poster has a black and white photograph of an African woman holding a boy in her arms with a gun over one shoulder. In the upper right of the photograph is "There are but two sides in a war - she...

c. 1980

Poster has a red background with images in the center of prominent African figures and leaders. On the left is an image of Martin Luther King, Jr. and on the right and Egyptian obelisk. The top...

1967

Small poster with a green background and black text. Poster reads from top to bottom, "The Young Men's Social Club/ Presents/ Cultural and Social Liberation/ for/ Afro-American Nationalists/ Tue....

c. 1970

Poster has a border that looks like a rolled paper in red. In the center is a black and white drawing of Jesus Christ. The poster reads in black, "Reward for Information leading to the...

1997

Poster has a yellow and green background. Top of poster has text: "If You Can Say 'Condom' in English... / You know how to say / 'Condom' / in French, Italian AND Spanish!!".Top right corner of...

1971

Poster has a black and white drawing of an old model car spewing smog into the air and oil onto the road. Along the right edge are seven red roqd signs with, STOP, HELP!, PAY, WRONG WAY, IDIOT,...

Earth is Finite - Greed is Infinite: Protect the Earth
1969

Poster is printed on yellow paper with black text and image. In the center is a circle with an image of the earth with figures above it. The figures are a skeleton, a baby and people with top...

Basket, coiled, (bowl). Redbud and fern root decoration (?). "Poma Tribe, Lake Co.: Treasure basket; 1911."(donor cat.) "Probably Western Mono (or Yokuts)."(Dawson,65) "...

ca. 1910-1918

Yokuts coiled bottleneck basket, of characteristic form, woven on a deergrass bundle foundation in sedge, brakenfern root, and redbud with a polychrome design of a three "rattlesnake"...

late 19th, early 20th century

Basket. Material: Native fiber; Shape: Round; Color: Brown with beige design; Period or Date: Over 70 years old - donor; Country: America; Site: California. Description: California Indian foo...

Basket hat, twined weave, very fine. red and black decoration. slip made when material received dated 10/5/36

"Elevated twined weave at top and near rim. Traditional placement of design...

late 19th, early 20th century

Basket, open work weave From the History Information Station: "Object: Basket made by open twining. It was collected among the lower Klamath River peoples, and dates to the late 19th or...

late 19th, early 20th century

Trinket (crossed out) basket, twined weave, old. Used for dipping soup from the cooking basket. From the History Information Station "Object: Basket made by twining, using split pine root (...

late 19th, early 20th century

Stirring paddles, wood

"Oak, probably tan oak. Well used, lots of burn marks." (George Blake, 9/95)

Baskets, skull caps "Apcans". Sept. 23, 1911. One sent to Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.-Exch.

"Twined weave of pine root; overlay design in beargrass and maidenhair fern. Traditional design in...

1909

Basket trays, coarse open weave. Sept. 23, 1911. One sent. Exchanged with Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.

late 19th, early 20th century

Baskets, bowls for eating soup

"Twined with design in beargrass. Two elevated rows of three-ply twined weaving at center and one at base. Fair - good condition.(Reggiardo,1/79)[vv,6/91]...

Basket, twined, (tray). Design in squaw grass.

"The basket tray is made of tule sheath with beargrass overlay. It was made for sale and was does not seem to be from Alaska as stated."(...

1910

Eel skinner, elkhorn

"Made of elk leg bone." (G. Blake, 9/95)

Basket cap, twined weave

"Traditional design in three sections. Excellent condition."(Reggiardo,2/79)[vv,6/91]

12/12/64

Description: A line of young men sit in front of a chain link fence blocking the access of Oakland Tribune trucks to their loading dock. Some African-Americam men are involved. Police stand in the...

Basket cap, red doc., Modoc, N. Calif.--#13

"Conifer root, maidenhair fern stem, alder-dyed woodwardia fern stem, beargrass. Not Modoc as originally catalogued but Lower Klamath River."(...

19Th Century

The bow from the Yurok is made of yew wood, reinforced with deer sinew. Yew is a valuable wood for making bows and the tree is also used for anti-cancer medicines, both traditionally and in...

ca.1910-1918

Yokuts coiled bottleneck basket, of characteristic form, woven on a deergrass bundle foundation in sedge, brakenfern root, and redbud with a polychrome design of eight narrow "rattlesnake" bands...

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