Collections Only

Gilcrease Museum is temporarily closed for construction.

Get the Full Story
Silver stick pin in the shape of a gourd rattle with a tipi superimposed over handle
Unknown
Silver blanket pin with peyote button design
Bruce Caesar
  1. Collections Home
  2. The Anthropology Collection

Silver spoon used during Native American Church ceremony / Adam Caesar

Previous Next Download Add Order Contact

Curatorial Remarks

Tags: silver spoon, peyote symbolism, cross, tipi, Native American Church
People: Pawnee, Sac & Fox, Bruce Caesar
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meeting, personal activity

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

You may be interested in...

©Gilcrease Museum
Title(s): 
Silver spoon used during Native American Church ceremony
Creator(s): 
Adam Caesar (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Kiowa and Pawnee (artist and user)
Date: 
late 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
German silver
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Spoon
Accession No: 
69.141
Previous Number(s): 
TL1995.22.53
Department: 
Anthropology
Not On View

Our Online Collections site is a work in progress. If you have information about this item that may be of assistance, please contact us.