Photographic half-length portrait of a Native American (Dakota) man named Sun Flower, taken by a photographer for Heyn Photo in 1899. Now in the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Geronimo (Guiyatle), Apache, hand-colored photograph taken by Adolph F. Muir at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, 1898
The Song of the Talking Wire, Henry F. Farny, 1904
The Harvest Dance, Joseph Henry Sharp, 1893-94
Ni-a-có-mo, Fix With the Foot, a Brave, George Catlin, 1830
The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas, George Catlin (1796-1872)
Navajo woman’s dress (one panel). Artist unknown; 1860. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Anasazi (Ancestral Pueblo) mug from Johnson Canyon, Colorado. Artist unknown; ca. 1100-1300. Now in the Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
Ceremonial wool cape of the Chilkat clan of the Tlingit people, northwest coast of North America, 1850-1900. Now in the Textile Museum, George Washington University.
Portrait of Gi-aum-e Hon-o-me-tah (Young Woman), Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1897
Bottle, of the Mississippian culture of the Pre-Columbian U.S. Artist unknown; 11th to 14th century. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Making Sweet Grass Medicine, Blackfoot Ceremony, Joseph Henry Sharp, ca. 1920
Cheyenne war bonnet. Artist unknown; ca. 1880-90. Now in the Missouri History Museum. Photo credit: Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Raven rattle of the Tlingit people, from Fort Wrangell, Alaska. Artist unknown; late 19th century. Now in the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA. Photo credit: Barry Gernstein/Wikimedia Commons.
Apache basket (coiled willow and devil’s claw). Artist unknown; ca. 1900. Now in the Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.
Acoma Pueblo painted jar. Artist unknown; ca. 1890-1920. Now in the Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ.
Hopi ceramic tiles. Artist unknown; ca. 1895. Now in the Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ.