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Wooden drumstick with leather head wrapped in hunter green tape used during dances
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Black wooden drumstick with slight red paint dots and leather head wrapped in white tape used during dances
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Black wooden drumstick with slight red paint dots and leather head wrapped in white tape used during dances / Unknown

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Essay/Description

These items were used by Tom Whitehead (Osage and Ponca).

Curatorial Remarks

Tags: wooden drumstick
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: social events, dances, pow wow

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

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Title(s): 
Black wooden drumstick with slight red paint dots and leather head wrapped in white tape used during dances
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Tom Whitehead (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Osage or Ponca
Date: 
mid-20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, leather, tape
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Drumstick
Credit Line: 
Gift of Lydia Whitehead
Accession No: 
73.154e
Previous Number(s): 
7300.154e
Department: 
Anthropology
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