Collections Only

Gilcrease Museum is temporarily closed for construction.

Get the Full Story
Dyed deer hair and porcupine hair roach with cotton shoestring ties
Steve and Tony Bolinger
Chief Many White Horses
Joseph Henry Sharp
  1. Collections Home
  2. The Anthropology Collection

Gourd rattle with beaded wooden handle and horsehair stem / Unknown

Previous Next Download Add Order Contact

Curatorial Remarks

Date created is circa 1930.

Tags: peyote rattle, braided leather fringe, wood, peyote stitch
People: Ponca
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meeting,

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

You may be interested in...

©Gilcrease Museum
Title(s): 
Gourd rattle with beaded wooden 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, feathers
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Rattle
Accession No: 
84.118
Previous Number(s): 
8427.118; 40340
Department: 
Anthropology
Not On View

Our Online Collections site is a work in progress. If you have information about this item that may be of assistance, please contact us.