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Bois d'Arc drumstick with cotton twine handle / Unknown

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Peyote drumsticks were often individualized. The tip end has been blunted instead of pointed and is carved.

Tags: carved tip, bois d'arc, Osage orange, cotton, twine handle, peyote drumstick, Native American Church
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): 
Bois d'Arc drumstick with cotton twine handle
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American
Date: 
20th century
Place: 
Oklahoma
Materials/Techniques: 
wood (Bois d'Arc), cotton
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Drumstick
Accession No: 
84.2851
Previous Number(s): 
TL1995.22.19
Department: 
Anthropology
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