North American Ethnographic Collection

Over 47,000 objects and textiles represent North American Indians from the Arctic and sub-Arctic, the Pacific Northwest, California, the Southwest, the Great Plains, and the Eastern Woodlands. During his early twentieth century fieldwork, curator Clark Wissler collected one thousand objects representing the Plains Indian material culture. The North American collection continues to grow with recent acquisitions of contemporary textiles, ceramics, basketry, jewelry, and Katsina figures.

For information regarding North American Collection please contact: laila@amnh.org