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Coconut shell rattle with wooden handle
Mark Littlebear
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Coconut shell rattle with leather ties / Mark Littlebear

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This rattle may have been used in stomp dances.

Tags: coconut, Rattle
People: Euchee
Places: Southeast, 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): 
Coconut shell rattle with leather ties
Creator(s): 
Mark Littlebear (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Euchee
Date: 
1997
Place: 
Kellyville, Oklahoma
Materials/Techniques: 
coconut shell, wood, hide, stone
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Rattle
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds gifted by the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program
Accession No: 
84.2889
Previous Number(s): 
tl1997.36
Department: 
Anthropology
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