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Painted and beaded mescal bean / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

This may have been part of a mescal bean necklace or a bandolier.

Tags: mescal bean, beaded, painted, peyote meeting
People: Osage
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial events, peyote meetings

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

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Title(s): 
Painted and beaded mescal bean
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Osage (artist and user)
Date: 
1940s
Place: 
Fairfax
Materials/Techniques: 
mescal, paint, metal, glass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Ornament
Credit Line: 
Dominic Daniels Collection
Accession No: 
84.1181
Department: 
Anthropology
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