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Gourd rattle with beaded handle / Richard Aitson

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A beaded peyote-style gourd rattle. The handle is wood, covered with buckskin beaded in 3-drop gourd stitch. At the base of the handle are 9 2-ply twisted buckskin fringes. the gourd is colored brown and features 7 inset rhinestones forming the shape of the "big dipper" constellation. The top tassel (above the gourd) is made of rolled leather fitting over a peg carved down from the handle wood. It is also beaded. the tip is of white horse hair surrounded at its base by pink hackle feathers.

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Title(s): 
Gourd rattle with beaded handle
Creator(s): 
Richard Aitson (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Kiowa and Apache
Date: 
1997
Materials/Techniques: 
gourd, wood, glass, horsehair, hide, feathers, beads, thread
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
84.2908
Previous Number(s): 
TL1997.86
Department: 
Not On View

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