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Start Over Culture or time period Kiowa Function 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-4405, described as Flutes: specimens 2-4881, 2-4882.
Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-4918, described as Single headed, hoop. Rawhide head is stained yellow with standing bear in center, green bear tracks painted near edge. Deer hoof rattles and trim. Wood frame.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Flageolet, accession number 2-4881, described as Covered with snakeskin; yellow-stained buckskin trim with blue and white beads and pendants of brown human hair; 2 medallions of red, white, and blue beads sewn to buckskin tied to instrument, also rectangular lead sheet with red-filled curved design; flageolet surmounted by carving of long-beaked bird with red, green, and black incised designs and gold and blue beaded collar. Carved wood.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Flageolet, accession number 2-4882, described as With remnants of red pigment; buckskin thong wrappers with pendant round beads; rectangular strip of corroded metal near center of instrument; carving of red-stained long-beaked bird tied above instrument. Carved wood, brass beads.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-4839, described as Rawhide with stamped geometric designs on head; handle wrapped with part of bison (?) tail and rawhide; fragmentary white feather suspended from handle by twisted cotton cloth.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Whistle, accession number 2-4910, described as Red, white, and blue beads at one end with 2 pendant streamers heavily fringed and wrapped with same beads; bronze medal (silver-plated?) attached to whistle; obverse: bust of Ulysses S. Grant in center, "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LIBERTY JUSTICE AND EQUALITY 'LET US HAVE PEACE'"; reverse: center is globe, open bible, misc. tools, "ON EARTH PEACE GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN 1871." Bird wing bone, buckskin, glass beads.

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