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Soft soled leather moccasins with velvet trim on the cuff and on the vamp
Native American; possibly Chippewa, Cree or Ojibwa
Metal stick with five bone cones with holes
Native American; Sioux
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Tin milk can dance shakers with leather strips / Clifford Littlebear

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These shell shakers are worn by women during stomp dances. Not all women wear shell shakers. Shell shakers are heavy. This set of shell shakers are made from milk cans. The tin cans are some times attached to leather boot tops.

Tags: milk cans, shell shakers, stomp dance, leather straps
People: Euchee, Clifford Littlebear
Places: Southeastern, Eastern Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial events, stomp dances

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

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Title(s): 
Tin milk can dance shakers with leather strips
Creator(s): 
Clifford Littlebear (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Euchee
Date: 
1997
Materials/Techniques: 
tin, leather, brass, stone
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Shakers
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds gifted by the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program
Accession No: 
84.2887a-b
Previous Number(s): 
TL1997.63.1
Department: 
Anthropology
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