Peyote Rattle

45-15-1193

From: United States of America | Oklahoma

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-1193
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Comanche
Provenience United States of America | Oklahoma
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Gourd | Glass | Feather | Buckskin
Iconography Peyote Ceremony
Description

Gourd, upper end of handle bead-wrapped and feathered. Handle covered with buckskin, cut at end and twisted into cords, with two red beads. Used in the Peyote ceremony.

Length 35 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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