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235 Items

20th century | metal, glass, hide

Metal flute with leather casing

20th century | wood, glass, steel, chrome or nickel, silver, resin

Wooden mirror with chrome stud decorations

mid-19th century | ink on paper

Sheet music for "The Celebrated Death Song of the Cherokee Indians"

August 7, 1847 | ink on paper

Report to Cherokee Agent James McKissick from Superintendent James M. Payne concerning public schools in Cherokee Nation

20th century | wood, cord

Wooden drumstick

early 1900s | wood, rubber, leather, metal

Stomp dance wooden drumstick with rubber tip

20th century | wood, silver (German)

Wooden drumstick with silver band

20th century | hide (elk or moose)

Heavy tanned drumhide

20th century | ebony, silver, pigment

Stained ebony drumstick with silver waterbird

20th century | silk

Silk handkerchief

20th century | wood (Bois d'Arc), cotton

Bois d'Arc drumstick with cotton twine handle

20th century | wood, glass

Wooden drumstick with aqua rhinestone tip

20th century | wood, glass, stone

Wooden drumstick with rhinestone tip

20th century | feathers (scissortail), hide, glass, metal, wood, cotton

Peyote fan with beaded handle and scissortail feathers.

20th century | wood

Wooden drumstick

20th century | bone

Eagle bone whistle with black velvet pouch

1930 - 1940 | wood, leather, cotton, sisal, metal

Wooden drumstick with leather head

20th century | gourd, wood, glass, hide, fur, metal

Gourd rattle with beaded wooden handle

1930 - 1940 | wood, leather, cotton, sisal, metal

Wooden drumstick with leather head

20th century | gourd, wood, glass, horse hair

Gourd rattle with beaded wooden handle