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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Bell gourd peyote rattle with beaded handle and chicken shackles Unidentified Native American 84.2847 gourd, leather, glass, feather, horse hair
Metal dance bells on leather straps Unidentified Native American; Kaw 84.3023a-b hide, metal
Gourd peyote rattle with wooden handle Unidentified Native American 84.2846a-c gourd, wood, hide, glass, feather, horsehair
Metal dance bells on leather straps Unidentified Native American; Kaw 84.3024a-b hide, metal
Native American Church kettle drum Unidentified, Harding Big Bow Native American; Kiowa 84.2906a iron, hide
Rattle with a coconut shaker and wooden handle Wade Bucktrot, Henry Washburn Native American; Euchee 84.3458 coconut, wood, hide
Orange and white drum marbles with gray pull string bad Unidentified Native American; Osage 84.2917a-h agate, cloth
Hide rattle with horsehair and red paint Unidentified Native American; Comanche 89.11 hide, paint, horsehair
Tin milk can dance shakers with leather straps Clifford Littlebear Native American; Euchee 84.2884a-b tin, leather, brass, stone
Child's milk can dance rattles Clifford Littlebear Native American; Euchee 84.2885a-b tin, hide, wire, brass, stone
Turtle shell dance shakers with leather straps Clifford Littlebear Native American; Euchee 84.2886a-b turtle shell, leather, brass, stone
Tin milk can dance shakers with leather strips Clifford Littlebear Native American; Euchee 84.2887a-b tin, leather, brass, stone
Stomp Dance Cecil Dick Native American; Cherokee (United Keetoowah Band) 02.528 tempera on board
Black wooden drumstick with slight red paint dots and leather head wrapped in white tape used during dances Unidentified, Tom Whitehead Native American; possibly Osage or Ponca 73.154e wood, leather, tape
Wooden drumstick with leather head wrapped in hunter green tape used during dances Unidentified, Tom Whitehead Native American; possibly Osage or Ponca 73.154a wood, leather, tape
Wooden drumstick with leather head wrapped in hunter green tape used during dances Unidentified, Tom Whitehead Native American; possibly Osage or Ponca 73.154b wood, leather, tape
Wooden drumstick with leather head wrapped in hunter green tape used during dances Unidentified, Tom Whitehead Native American; possibly Osage or Ponca 73.154c wood, leather, tape
Black wooden drumstick with leather head wrapped in white tape used during dances Unidentified, Tom Whitehead Native American; possibly Osage or Ponca 73.154d wood, leather, tape
Wooden drumstick with aqua rhinestone tip Unidentified Native American 84.2852 wood, glass
Wooden drumstick with rhinestone tip Unidentified Native American 84.2866 wood, glass, stone