Indian Artifacts

photocollage by Reina Lopez; collection from Louise Ekerson

Ekerson Indian Artifacts

This collection of artifacts belongs to Louise Ekerson. The arrowheads were given to her by her father many years ago. She doesn’t know where they came from or why he collected them. But her father lived in Salem, Oregon, so they may be either Chemeketa or Kalapuya.  

The pieces below the arrowheads are Navajo. In the top two items, the lines you see are actually human hair. Louise believes the bottle is made from a turtle shell.