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A double notched butterfly bannerstone On the Multiple Lives of Bannerstones: Indigenous North America 6,000 BCE to the Present Anna Blume Article
A ledger book depicting the sale and donation of bannerstones. American Museum of Natural History ledger book for the donation of bannerstones Material Objects
Diagram depicting different shapes of bannerstones. Bannerstone typology of twenty-four shapes Material Objects
Map of North Ameria which shows in shades of red the distribution of bannerstones across the country. Map of North America showing the distribution of bannerstones Material Objects
Shaded black and white diagrams of four bannerstones The first documentation of bannerstones by the Smithsonian in 1848 Material Objects
The Iwasaki bag with its archive of family documents The Iwasaki bag with its archive of family documents Material Objects
Archival boxes from the USHMM's Shapell Center containing the Schultz and Bodnar Families Papers Archival boxes from the USHMM's Shapell Center containing the Schultz and Bodnar Families Papers Material Objects
Folder containing personal correspondence from the Basch Family Folder containing personal correspondence from the Basch Family Material Objects
Storage area at the USHMM's Shapell Center with lockers dividing objects by different material type Storage area at the USHMM's Shapell Center with lockers dividing objects by different material type Material Objects
Trunks in storage in 2018 at the Shapell Center of the USHMM Trunks in storage in 2018 at the Shapell Center of the USHMM Material Objects
Exhibit of Suitcases brought by Japanese Americans to WWII Incarceration Camps on display at JANM Exhibit of Suitcases brought by Japanese Americans to WWII Incarceration Camps on display at JANM Material Objects
Suitcases and luggage belonging to holocaust victims, displayed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial in Poland Suitcases and luggage belonging to holocaust victims, displayed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial in Poland Material Objects