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Gourd rattle with beaded handle and horsehair stem / Unknown

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Wrapped with blue string and beaded up to encompass the base of the gourd, which is unusual. There are feathers beaded into part of the bead work, especially near the base and top of the gourd. Individual metal charm attached to the fringe.

Tags: leather fringe
People: Osage
Places: 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 rattle with beaded handle and horsehair stem
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Osage (artist and user)
Date: 
20th century
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Oklahoma
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, gourd, horsehair, glass, cotton, hide, metal
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Rattle
Accession No: 
84.110
Previous Number(s): 
8427.110; 35583
Department: 
Anthropology
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