Peyote rattle; gourd mounted on dowel with wood plug; handle beaded in three pieces in "peyote beadwork" (bead netting technique) in spiral design; horsehair tuft on upper end, twisted buckskin fringe on lower end.
Donor:
Dennis Lessard, Lewis K. Napton, Robert Fleming Heizer, University Appropriation, and various collectors
Collection place:
Rosebud Reservation, Todd County, South Dakota
Verbatim coll. place:
South Dakota; Todd; Rosebud Reservation
Culture or time period:
Teton Dakota
Collector:
Dennis Lessard
Collection date:
1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Part of ceremonial equipment used in peyote ritual; held in left hand and shaken while singing. Peyote ritual not indigenous to Dakota, has spread from Oklahoma.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 55 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: "UCLMA Plains Indians, 1971" References: "Howard, James N., "Half Moon Way: The Peyote Ritual of Chief White Bear" in Univ. of S. Dakota Museum News also Slotkin, The Peyote Religion.