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Finger woven sash with fringe and red, white, green, and royal blue border with white beading and an arrow design
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Finger woven sash in red, green, and purple with white beading on a blue border and fringe
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Gourd peyote rattle with beaded handle / Unidentified

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Curatorial Remarks

There may be a carved design on the handle of the rattle. The bottom of the handle has very intricate beadwork.

Tags: gourd, Rattle, Native American Church, peyotism, beadwork
People: Osage
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meeting

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

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Title(s): 
Gourd peyote rattle with beaded handle
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Dominic Daniels (Used by)
Culture: 
Native American; Osage
Date: 
1940s
Place: 
Fairfax
Materials/Techniques: 
gourd, wood, glass, leather, pigment
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Rattle
Accession No: 
84.1173
Previous Number(s): 
8427.1173
Department: 
Anthropology
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