Cleveland Museum of Natural History - Native American Collection Photos

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History on University Circle has an anthropological collection concentrating on American native peoples.

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Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Truncated metal conical tower of Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Display of Native American cultures at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Display of Native American cultures at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History (1991) (on University Circle). Cleveland, OH. Architect: Richard H. Kaplan.Truncated metal conical tower of Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Display of Native American cultures at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Display of Native American cultures at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Ohio mound builders tomb of Adena & Hopewell cultures at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Hopewell culture artifacts at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Hopewell culture carved stone parrot at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Hopewell culture carved mica snake at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Ohio mound builders tomb of Adena & Hopewell cultures at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Hopewell culture artifacts (300 BCE-600 CE) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Hopewell culture carved stone parrot (300 BCE-600 CE) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Hopewell culture carved mica snake (300 BCE-600 CE) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Hopewell culture carved mica face at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Model of Iroquois long house at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Micmac birchbark box with porcupine quill design from Nova Scotia at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Passamaquoddy birchbark box with scratched design from Maine at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Hopewell culture carved mica face (300 BCE-600 CE) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Model of Iroquois long house at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Micmac birchbark box with porcupine quill design (c1895) from Nova Scotia at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Passamaquoddy birchbark box with scratched design (c1850) from Maine at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Seminole man's long shirt from Florida at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Dakota Sioux Moccasins at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Aleut covered basket from Aleutian Islands at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Inuit bentwood toolbox with ivory fish handle from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Seminole man's long shirt (1924) from Florida at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Dakota Sioux Moccasins (c1900) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Aleut covered basket (1800s) from Aleutian Islands at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Inuit bentwood toolbox with ivory fish handle (19thC) from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Inuit bentwood hunting hat with ivory birds & walrus from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Northwest Coast Indian painted spruce root hat at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Tlingit carved wood raven ladle from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Tlingit carved wood raven rattle from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Inuit bentwood hunting hat with ivory birds & walrus (c1897) from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Northwest Coast Indian painted spruce root hat (c1923) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Tlingit carved wood raven ladle (c1900) from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Tlingit carved wood raven rattle (late 1800s) from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Kwakiutl carved wood killer whale mask & other Northwest Coast masks from British Columbia at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Tlingit ceremonial thunderbird headdress from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Pomo wedding basket with quail feathers from Northern California at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Maidu flaring feastbowl basket from Northern California at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Kwakiutl carved wood killer whale mask (c1880) & other Northwest Coast masks from British Columbia at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Tlingit ceremonial thunderbird headdress (late 1800s) from Alaska at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Pomo wedding basket with quail feathers (c1880s) from Northern California at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Maidu flaring feastbowl basket (c1880s) from Northern California at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Hupa woman's basketry hat from Northern California at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Model of Zuni Pueblo at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Zuni polychrome jar at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Zuni ceremonial terraced rim cloud bowl at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Hupa woman's basketry hat (c1900) from Northern California at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Model of Zuni Pueblo at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Zuni polychrome jar (c1890s) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Zuni ceremonial terraced rim cloud bowl (c1900) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Cochiti polychrome jar & Laguna effigy dog from New Mexico at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Hopi Jeddito black on yellow bowl from Arizona at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Hopi basketry plaques from Arizona at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Kachina dolls from Arizona at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Cochiti polychrome jar (c1890) & Laguna effigy dog (c1895) from New Mexico at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Hopi Jeddito black on yellow bowl (1350-1600) from Arizona at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Hopi basketry plaques (1900-20) from Arizona at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Kachina dolls (c1930) from Arizona at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Papago coiled basket from Arizona at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Nayarit clay female figure from Western Mexico at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Shield masks from Lower Sepik River of Papua New Guinea at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.
Papago coiled basket (c1920) from Arizona at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Nayarit clay female figure (100 BCE-250 CE) from Western Mexico at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.Shield masks (early 1900s) from Lower Sepik River of Papua New Guinea at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Cleveland, OH.

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