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Commercial tobacco package and cigarette papers / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

These were likely smoked during peyote meetings.

Tags: tobacco, cirgarette, paper, Riz la Durham
People: Osage
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial use

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

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Title(s): 
Commercial tobacco package and cigarette papers
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Osage
Date: 
1940s
Place: 
Fairfax
Materials/Techniques: 
cotton, tobacco, burlap, paper
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Tobacco Bag
Accession No: 
84.1175a-c
Previous Number(s): 
8427.1175 a-c
Department: 
Anthropology
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