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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

Silver stick pin in the shape of a gourd rattle with a tipi superimposed over handle / Unknown

Curatorial Remarks

Tags: silver pin, gourd rattle, tipi, waterbird tail, German silver
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meeting, personal activity

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

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Title(s): 
Silver stick pin in the shape of a gourd rattle with a tipi superimposed over handle
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Kaw (artist and user)
Date: 
circa 1970
Materials/Techniques: 
German silver
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
69.136
Previous Number(s): 
TL1994.22.47
Department: 
Not On View

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