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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Drum leather Unidentified Native American 89.206 hide
Wooden drumstick Unidentified Native American 73.750 wood
Black tapered wooden drumstick with grooved handle Unidentified Native American 95.37 wood
Gourd peyote rattle with wood handle Unidentified Native American; Kiowa 84.111 gourd, wood, hide, horsehair
Native American Church drumstick Unidentified Native American; Osage 84.1033 wood, hide, glass, horsehair, dye, thread
Iron hatchet with wood handle wrapped in red flannel Unidentified Native American; Kaw 84.1094 iron, wood, cotton
Native American Church water drum Unidentified Native American; Osage 84.1456 iron, hide (deer), stone, cotton
Gourd peyote rattle with wooden handle Unidentified Native American 84.3110 gourd, wood, hide
Kettle drum with hide surface Unidentified Native American 84.3141 iron, hide
Loop drumstick with carved head covered in hide and cloth Unidentified Native American; Navajo (Diné) 84.1086 wood, hide, cloth
Rawhide drum with wooden base and tension pegs Unidentified Native American; possibly Pueblo 84.1388 hide, wood
Gourd peyote rattle with wooden handle Unidentified Native American 84.2841 gourd, wood, hide
Kettle drum with hide surface Unidentified Native American 84.2865 iron, hide
White and red drum rope for tying water drum Unidentified Native American; Osage 84.2935 nylon
Steel water drum wrapped in leather from cowboy boot with rubber top Newman Littlebear Native American; Euchee 84.2943 metal, hide, rubber
Rattle decorated with beadwork Wilbur Eddie Native American 84.2988 wood, hide, glass
Gourd peyote rattle with beaded handle Joseph Rice Native American; Sac & Fox 84.3101 gourd, glass, wood, feathers, hide, horsehair
Tiered base wooden drum covered with hide and fur Unidentified Native American; Southwest 84.2452 wood, hide, fur
Hide rattle with shells and glass beads Unidentified Native American 90.812 hide, shell, glass
Turtle shell shakers with leather straps Unidentified Native American; possibly Cherokee 93.42a-b leather, shell