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Purple arrowhead design peyote cloth / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

This is made from commercial cloth with purple arrowhead design used in peyote meetings. It may have been used to place objects during a meeting.

Tags: cloth, Peyote
People: Native American Church
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial use, peyote meetings

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
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Title(s): 
Purple arrowhead design peyote cloth
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
cotton
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Peyote Cloth
Accession No: 
99.356
Department: 
Anthropology
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