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Gourd rattle with beaded wooden handle and horsehair stem
Unknown
Gourd rattle with beaded wooden handle and horsehair stem
Unknown
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Gourd rattle with beaded handle and horsehair stem / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

Date created is circa 1930s.

Tags: leather fringe, bead work, red, wood, feather, multi-colored beads
People: Ponca
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meeting,

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

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Title(s): 
Gourd rattle with beaded handle and horsehair stem
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Ponca (artist and user)
Date: 
circa 1930
Place: 
Oklahoma
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, gourd, horsehair, glass, hide, fur, feather
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Rattle
Accession No: 
84.112
Previous Number(s): 
8427.112; 23450
Department: 
Anthropology
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