Artifact of the Month: Victorian Whimsey

Turtle Bay

November 19, 2018

Artifact, Exhibition

Artifact of the Month: Victorian Whimsey

Sparkling and vibrant, these decorative beaded “whimsies” were likely handcrafted by members of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy of the Northeastern United States and Canada sometime between the middle 19th and early 20th centuries.

Seth McGaha

September 12, 2018

Museum, Exhibition

Artifact of the Month: Gambling Sticks

Seth McGaha

September 12, 2018

Museum, Exhibition

Presented as a “Mystery Object” in our recent visitor poll (We knew what it was, but our guests wanted to know too!), guests selected this set of Pomo gambling, or gaming, sticks as September’s Artifact of the Month. Our guests sure love a good mystery!

Turtle Bay

August 3, 2018

Museum, Exhibition

Artifact of the Month: Trench Knife

Turtle Bay

August 3, 2018

Museum, Exhibition

Just over 100 years ago, World War I saw dramatic changes in military tactics including the introduction of large-scale trench warfare. The conventional weapons issued by most of the involved armies at the beginning of the conflict were not suited to hand-to-hand combat…