bison-skin

Visitors can pull out dresser drawers to reveal actual artifacts under glass alongside reproductions that they can pick up and hold, such as bison-skin mocassins and a rattle.

A Home Where the Buffalo Roam 2009

A wide variety of objects are crafted from bison, such as bison-skin moccasins, and there are several works of art utilizing bison imagery.

'The Bison: American Icon' 2009

"Cut the tug, the buffalo-tug!" shouted the culprit, thrusting his arms as far from his back as he could, and displaying the thong of bison-skin, which his struggles had almost buried in his flesh.

Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird

Were gathered the bison-skin tees of the chief tawny tribe of Dakotas;

Legends of the Northwest Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878

The knowledge that the chief who had served so many times as friend was near at hand added much to Jack's courage, when he finally let the bison-skin door drop behind him.

Camp-fire and Wigwam Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

Where gathered the bison-skin _tees_ [F] of the chief tawny tribe of Dakotas;

The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems Hanford Lennox Gordon 1878

Had the youth assailed Man-not-Afraid-of-Thunder, probably she would have sat an interested spectator of the scene until it became clear which way it was going, when she might have wrapped her baby in bison-skin, placed him carefully away, and taken a part in the struggle.

The Lost Trail Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

A small opening is left facing the river or lake, which serves for a doorway; and this is covered with an old blanket, a piece of deer-skin, or, in some instances, by bison-skin or buffalo robe.

Hudson Bay 1859