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Grape colored handkerchief wrapped around peyote button / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

This handkerchief used to hold peyote buttons.

Tags: Native American Church, handkerchief, peyotism, peyote meeting, peyote buttons
People: Osage, Dominic Daniels
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meeting

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

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Title(s): 
Grape colored handkerchief wrapped around peyote button
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Osage
Date: 
1940s
Place: 
Fairfax, Fairfax
Materials/Techniques: 
cotton
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Handkerchief
Credit Line: 
Dominic Daniels Collection
Accession No: 
94.35
Department: 
Anthropology
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