High top moccasins painted with yellow and red pigment
High top moccasins painted with yellow and red pigment
Wooden beaded dance stick with painted handle and leather thong with pink feather / Unidentified
Gilcrease Museum
Curatorial Remarks
Dance stick is a more appropriate term to use compared to dance wand. Commercially turned stick that's been beaded into a dance stick. This stick would have been used for ceremonial events like a pow wow. This dance stick would have been used by a man.
Tags: dance stick, bead work, paint, peyote stitch bead work, gold, Pink, purple, gourd stitching, fur, pink feather
People: Native American
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial events
From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Tags: dance stick, bead work, paint, peyote stitch bead work, gold, Pink, purple, gourd stitching, fur, pink feather
People: Native American
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial events
From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
