Artifacts - Personal Items/Clothing

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	Arosen's Gifts circa 1700 - 1750 These four objects (tobacco bag, red slate gorget, bullet or shot pouch, and sash) were given to Stephen Williams in the mid-18th century by Arosen, Eunice Kanenstenhawi Williams's husband.
	Beaver Pelt Modern reproduction This modern beaver pelt is stretched on a circular wooden frame using methods traditional to Native Americans of New England.
	Button circa 1690 This passementerie button features a decorative design in silk thread over a wooden base.
	Capot Modern Reproduction This reproduction capot, a hooded coat, is representative of those worn circa 1690-1720 in French Canada.
	Ceramic pipe 1000 BCE - 300 BCE Ceramic pipes were made and used by Native Americans in the Northeast beginning about 3000 years ago.
	Deerskin Moccasins mid-17th century This rare pair of 17th-century moccasins is decorated with silk ribbon, glass beads, and porcupine quills.
	English Shoe circa 1690 This rare example of everyday footwear of the late 17th century survived from a sunken ship.
	Glass Beads 1660 - 1677 Glass beads were important items for trade between Native Americans and Europeans throughout the early colonial period in New England.
	Gorget 3000 B.C.E - 0 B.C.E. Native American gorgets like this one may have served decorative as well as utilitarian functions.
	John Sheldon's Snowshoes circa 1700 John Sheldon may have worn these snowshoes when he journeyed to New France to negotiate the release of his children and other captives taken in the 1704 raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts.
	Moccasins Modern Reproduction Winter moccasins were much more practical than English shoes for the long march to New France.
	Pipe circa 1690 This wooden pipe is one of a group of pipes recovered from a late 17th-century shipwreck.
	Pocket 1760 - 1780 Women's pockets in the 18th century were detachable pouches that were tied by a cord around the waist.
	Prisoner Halter circa 1746 This Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) prisoner halter was found after the 1746 Bars Fight in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
	Red Slate Gorget 3000 B.C.E - 0 B.C.E. This red slate gorget was reportedly given to Stephen Williams by his sister Eunice and her Kanienkehaka husband Arosen.
	Sarah Coleman's Shoe circa 1678 It is believed that this shoe was worn by four-year-old Sarah Coleman when she returned from captivity in New France after a 1677 attack on her town of Hatfield, Massachusetts.
	Sash 1700 - 1750 This finger-woven sash was both decorative and functional.
	Shell Gorget circa 1750 Gorgets like this shell example with etched designs were worn as items of personal adornment by Native Americans.
	Tobacco Bag circa 1725 Decorated bags or pouches like this one were commonly carried by Native American men for tobacco.
	Wendat Snowshoes circa 1900 The long tails on these snowshoes acted as rudders for long distance trips like the march to New France. A person familiar with snowshoes could walk in them as rapidly upon the snow as without them on the ground.
	Woman's Cloak Modern Reproduction Hooded cloaks like this one were intended to provide warmth and weather protection over full gowns.

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