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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Coconut shell rattle with wooden handle Mark Littlebear Native American; Euchee 84.2890 coconut shell, wood, hide, stone
Native American Church kettle drum and bag Unknown, Pearl Big Bow, Harding Big Bow Native American; Kiowa 84.2906a-b iron, hide (naugahide)
Native American Church kettle drum Unknown, Harding Big Bow Native American; Kiowa 84.2906a iron, hide
Carved and painted wooden peyote box with brass hardware Delores Thompson Native American; Navajo 84.2983 wood, metal, felt, paint
Gourd rattle with beaded handle Barry Belindo Native American; Kiowa 84.2987 gourd, wood, hide, glass, horsehair
Orange and white drum marbles with gray pull string bad Unknown Native American; Osage 84.2917a-h agate, cloth
Carrying bag for Native American Church kettle drum Unknown, Pearl Big Bow, Harding Big Bow Native American; Kiowa 84.2906b naugahide
Gourd peyote rattle with trimmed lower edge decorated in eight v-notches Unknown Native American; Cheyenne 84.2991 gourd, wood, glass, hide, fur, feathers, horsehair, stone
Gourd rattle with wooden handle Kelly Harvey Native American; Navajo 84.2984 gourd, wood, glass, hide, feathers
Carved wooden flute with leather straps Unknown Native American 73.124 wood, leather
Wooden Osage flute Unknown Native American; Osage (artist and user) 73.126 wood
Carved wooden flute Unknown Native American 73.128 wood
Carved wooden flute Unknown Native American 73.129 wood
Carved wooden flute Unknown Native American; Ponca (artist and user) 73.130 reed
Sinew wrapped carved red wooden flute Unknown Native American; Osage (artist and user) 73.131 wood, sinew, pigment
Carved wooden flute wrapped in leather and yarn Unknown Native American 73.133 wood, leather, acrylic
End Men Charles Banks Wilson American 14.711 lithograph on paper
Black wooden drumstick with leather head wrapped in white tape used during dances Unknown, Tom Whitehead Native American; possibly Osage or Ponca 73.154d wood, leather, tape
Black wooden drumstick with slight red paint dots and leather head wrapped in white tape used during dances Unknown, Tom Whitehead Native American; possibly Osage or Ponca 73.154e wood, leather, tape
Wood flute with leather thong and red stopper Unknown Native American; Osage and Ponca (artist and user) 73.153 wood, pigment