Necklace

Mescal Seed

Peyote Necklace

59-14-55

From: United States of America | Oklahoma | Anadarko

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 59-14-55
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kiowa
Provenience United States of America | Oklahoma | Anadarko
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Mescal Seed | Fiber
Iconography Peyote Ceremony
Description

Strand of 137 mescal seed beads. Cranberry-colored seed beads on a string. Color varies slightly on each bead, and from bead to bead. There is also one pit-shaped depression on each bead.

Length 140 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Denver Art Museum, 1959
Other Number OK1-2-P - Old Museum Number

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