The Transmontane Collection repsesents Indian artifacts (either original or replica) featuring a mixture of cultural traits (primarily quillwork and beadwork styles and techiques) of Central Plains (Crow) and Plateau tribes, i.e done in the so called Transmontane Style. Transmontane beadwork designs emphasize panels or bands divided by transverse stripes containing smooth hourglass or triangular forms in pastel colors, against a light blue or lavender pink background. In quillwork — quilling with a technique called quill-wrapped horsehair, which is done by carefully winding the flattened and died barbs around slender bundles of hair. Another decorative technique is dress embellishing with precious eye-teeth or tushes of many elk.