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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Hawk feather loose fan Unknown, Pearl Big Bow Native American; Kiowa 84.2901 feathers (hawk), feathers (chicken), hide, wood
Macaw loose feather fan Phil (Joe Fish) Dupoint, Pearl Big Bow, Harding Big Bow Native American; Kiowa 84.2900 feathers (macaw, chicken), hide, glass, cotton, chrome
Eagle bone whistle with black velvet pouch Harding Big Bow, Pearl Big Bow Native American 84.2905a-b bone
Golden eagle feather Harding Big Bow, Pearl Big Bow Native American; Kiowa 85.105 feather (golden eagle)
Heavy tanned drumhide Unknown Native American; Osage 87.61 hide (elk or moose)
Maroon suede altar cloth with navy backed taffeta and gold embroidery Unknown, Harding Big Bow, Pearl Big Bow Native American; Kiowa (user) 99.257 cloth, cotton
Silk handkerchief Unknown Native American 95.38 silk
Gourd rattle with beaded wooden handle Unknown Native American; Winnebago 84.2844 gourd, feather, glass, wood, horsehair, hide, metal
Bundle of sage stems and leaves wrapped in masking tape Harding Big Bow, Pearl Big Bow Native American; Kiowa (artist and user) 82.180 sage, masking tape, thread
Wooden drumstick with cross hatching Harding Big Bow, Pearl Big Bow Native American; Kiowa (artist and user) 73.740 wood
Wooden drumstick with cross hatching Harding Big Bow, Pearl Big Bow Native American; Kiowa (artist and user) 73.739 wood
Wooden drumstick with cross hatching Harding Big Bow, Pearl Big Bow Native American; Kiowa (artist and user) 73.738 wood
Four Dance Figures James Auchiah Native American; Kiowa 02.24 tempera on paper
Sacred Rain Arrow Allan C. Houser Native American; Chiricahua Apache 08.185 bronze
The Snake Dance Frederick Forms Horter American 08.110 bronze
Ceramic animal effigy incense burner Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.4030 clay
"Xipe Totec" Aztec deity of a priest wearing the skin of a flayed human sacrifice Mesoamerican; Aztec 54.7294 clay
Comala style, polished red olla depicting a bowl or basket of zapotes Mesoamerican; West Mexican 54.1713 clay, burnished red slip
Wooden ball sticks with leather Unknown Native American; Muscogee (Creek) 73.236a-b wood, leather
Peyote Design Stephen Mopope, August 27, 1898 - February 1974, Native American; Kiowa (Artist) Native American; Kiowa 02.121 tempera on paper