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Black wooden drumstick with leather head wrapped in white tape used during dances
Unidentified
Black wooden drumstick with leather head wrapped in white tape used during dances
Unidentified
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Wood flute with leather thong and red stopper / Unidentified

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Curatorial Remarks

Used a lot for private not public performance.

Tags: music, flute
People: Southern Plains, Northern Plains, Oklahoma
Places: Oklahoma, Southern Plains, Northern Plains,
Purpose: personal activity,

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Wood flute with leather thong and red stopper
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Osage and Ponca
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, pigment
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Flute
Accession No: 
73.153
Previous Number(s): 
7300.153
Department: 
Anthropology
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