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bracelets, wrist protectors, belts and necklaces. Particularly remarkable 
is a necklace of turquoise and silver beads with a pendant of hammered 
silver. Seven medals dating from 1829 to 1857 represent tokens given 
to noted Indian chiefs by Presidents Andrew Jackson, John ‘Tyler, 
Zachary Vaylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan. 
‘The custom of giving medals bearing an embossed portrait of the Presi- 
dent is still in vogue, but it is almost impossible to obtain them from 
the Indians who have been honored. 
Basketry and pottery are not as well represented, since Mr. Lenders, 
from the character of his work as an artist, took more interest in collecting 
costumes and the utensils and weapons of the material culture of the 
tribes. ‘There are, however, a few splendid old baskets including two 
of the feathered Pomo variety and three of the pitch-covered water 
baskets of the Southwest. There are some interesting specimens of 
pottery from the Pueblo region and buffalo and mountain sheep horn 
spoons from the Plains. ‘The most valuable spoon, however, does not 
come from the Plains region but is a large one of beautiful translucent 
horn from the Haida of the Northwest Coast of America. 
In regard to weapons and war pieces, there are quivers and bows 
and arrows, buffalo lances, tomahawks and stone clubs of various sizes 
and shapes. ‘lwo clubs, the stone heads of which are covered with 
beads, are known as ‘“‘coup sticks.”’ In former times, the most notable 
achievement of an Indian was the taking of a scalp, but with the intro- 
duction of rifles the killing of a man became so easy and there were usually 
so many scalps taken after a battle that this trophy began to lose its 
importance. ‘The Indians considered it a much braver act to touch the 
body of a fallen foe with a coup stick under fire of the enemy. ‘There 
are two buffalo hide shields, one of which is worthy of special mention. 
It is from the Osage tribe and has a buckskin cover with symbolical 
paintings. From this cover there formerly depended eagle feathers, 
the shafts of which were decorated with dyed hair woven in various 
patterns. A bullet hole through cover and shield and what seem to be 
blotches of blood suggest the fate of its original owner. 
Besides all these, the collection includes series of baby carriers, Indian 
dolls, wampum peace belts, Navajo blankets, necklaces of deer’s hoofs 
and bears’ claws, ghost dance clubs, scalp dance wands and medicine 
otters. 
A special feature of the collection is the extensive series of articles 
