Handmade brass peyote button box with diamond stamp and turquoise

Silver peyote button box / Raye Johnson

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Essay/Description

Owned by Harding Big Bow (Kiowa).

Curatorial Remarks

Collected in Mountain View, Oklahoma. Used in Oklahoma. Created in Arizona or New Mexico. Inscribed on bottom, "14K sterling".

Tags: peyote bird, peyote button box, father peyote, Native American Church, gold, silver, diamonds
People: Raye Johnson, Navajo
Places: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meeting

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

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Anthropology Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Silver peyote button box

Creator(s):

Raye Johnson (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; possibly Navajo (Diné)

Date:

2003

Place:

Mountain View, Oklahoma

Materials/Techniques:

sterling silver, brass, crystal

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Accession No:

69.188

Previous Number(s):

TL2003.19

Department:

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 2in. (5.1cm)
Length: 2 3/4in. (7.0cm)
Width: 2 3/4in. (7.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Role(s):

Artist

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Inscribed in gold, "Native American Church of Navajo-Land 1966" on top lid; Inscribed, "Love, Charity, Faith x Hope" on side

Signed: Signed in engraving, "RJ" on bottom; Signed in engraving, "Raye Johnson 2003" on inside bottom

Cite this Page

Johnson, Raye. Silver peyote button box. 69.188. 2003. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/69188 (10/07/2019).

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