Collections Only

Gilcrease Museum is temporarily closed for construction.

Get the Full Story
  1. Collections Home
  2. The Anthropology Collection

Gourd rattle with beaded wooden handle and horsehair stem / Unknown

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.