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Peyote Rattle

CultureSouthern Plains
Datelate 1970s
MediumGourd and beads
DimensionsOverall: 23 7/8 × 3 inches (60.64 × 7.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.104
On View
Not on view
DescriptionRattle made from a bell gourd with very small beads decorating the handle.Exhibition History

Beadwork Adorns the World, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM, April 22, 2018–February 3, 2019.

Provenance

Purchased by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010) in Southeastern Oklahoma, ca. 1976-1982;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.




Published References

Bol, Marsha, The Art & Tradition of Beadwork, (Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2018).

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