Collections Only

Gilcrease Museum is temporarily closed for construction.

Get the Full Story
Painted playing card on rawhide
Unknown
Painted playing card on rawhide
Unknown
  1. Collections Home
  2. The Anthropology Collection

Brass wall handing with stainless steel chain / Kent Porter

Previous Next Download Add Order Contact

Essay/Description

Peyote symbol wall hanging that is in 3 sections. The top is a peyote blossom, the middle is a quater moon with a star cutout, the bottom is the messenger bird with a cross cutout in the center. The bottom section is attached with a brass nail. At the top is a chain and the middle section is attached with a piece of the chain. The brass is highly polished.

Curatorial Remarks

The crescent moon symbolizes the peyote altar. The lines cutout on the crescent moon represent the path of Christ.

Tags: brass, waterbird, peyote bird, crescent moon, wall hanging, peyote symbolism
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): 
Brass wall handing with stainless steel chain
Creator(s): 
Kent Porter (Artist)
Kent Porter (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Cowlitz
Date: 
1997
Materials/Techniques: 
brass, stainless steel
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Wall Hanging
Credit Line: 
Gift of Chief Ken W. Porter Sr. Founder/CEO, Native American Church of North America of the Cowlitz Indians, Southwestern Washington State
Accession No: 
69.162
Previous Number(s): 
TL1999.29.1
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.