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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Gourd rattle with beaded handle and horsehair stem Unknown Native American; Ponca (artist and user) 84.112 wood, gourd, horsehair, glass, hide, fur, feather
Gourd rattle with beaded handle and horsehair stem Unknown Native American; Osage (artist and user) 84.110 wood, gourd, horsehair, glass, cotton, hide, metal
Gourd rattle with wooden handles Unknown Native American 75.16 wood, gourd
Carved crane head whistle Unknown, Mary and Lawrence Bryan, Ernest Emmett Thompson Native American; Kaw (artist and user) 73.760 wood, hide, feather, sinew, cotton
Wooden drumstick Unknown, Whitesell Bigmoon Collection Native American; Osage (artist and user) 73.744 wood
Silver peyote button box Raye Johnson Native American; possibly Navajo (Diné) 69.188 sterling silver, brass, crystal
Silver scarf slide Warren Snyder Indian (artist), Native American; Kiowa (user) 69.146 silver
Black and silver Native American Church crucifix with sterling silver chain Unknown, Harding Big Bow Native American; Osage 69.145a-b wood, metal
Wooden and turquoise peyote altar Ben Adair Shoemaker Native American; Cherokee, Quapaw, Shawnee 12.43 wood, turquoise, adhesive
Manuscript Collection: Sequoyah Papers Native American; Cherokee MC.1954.194
The Mourner Joseph Henry Sharp American 01.363 oil on canvas board
Medicine Woman praying to the sun Unknown Native American 4336.4953
Prayer to the Sun Parker Boyiddle Jr. Native American; Kiowa, Delaware 01.2505 acrylic on canvas
Hunger Walter Ufer American 01.2196 oil on canvas