Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by John Mohawk (Oklahoma Shawnee, 1850-1929); collected from him by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) in 1917 during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Caddo; used by the Oklahoma Shawnee
- Artist/Maker
- John Wilson (Nishkû'ntu [Moonhead]), Caddo/Oklahoma Delaware, ca. 1845-1901
- Previous owner
- John Mohawk, Oklahoma Shawnee, 1850-1929
- Collector
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Date created
- circa 1885
- Object Name
- Rattle for peyote rituals
- Media/Materials
- Gourd, wood, glass bead/beads , hide, hide thong/babiche, feather/feathers, brass bell/bells, fur
- Techniques
- Cut, carved, wrapped, overlay beadwork, tied, fringed
- Dimensions
- 80 x 10 x 9 cm
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
