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Wooden beads with brown paint / Dominic Daniels

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It appears as if this may have been strung together to form a small, flat mat. May have been created as a place to set objects during a peyote meeting.

Tags: wooden beads
People: Osage
Places: Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, ceremonial use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Wooden beads with brown paint
Culture: 
Native American; Osage
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, paint
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Bead
Credit Line: 
Gifted in honor of James Bruce Bolinger
Accession No: 
57.528a
Previous Number(s): 
TL2010.34.20; TL 2010.34.20; 57.528
Department: 
Anthropology
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