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Double walled buckbrush basket with small mouth, added feathers, leather strips, and painted wooden splint running horizontally
Mavis Doering
Double walled buckbrush basket with small mouth, added feathers, leather strips, and painted wooden splint running horizontally
Mavis Doering
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Wooden beads with black paint / Dominic Daniels

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Curatorial Remarks

These beads were possibly a necklace at one time.

Tags: black wooden beads
People: Osage
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial events, dance, public events

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

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Title(s): 
Wooden beads with black 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: 
57.528g
Previous Number(s): 
TL2010.34.20
Department: 
Anthropology
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