Oklahoma
Southwest / Comanche (possibly)

Gourd, wood, beads, leather horsehair 
ca. Late 20th century
Length; 15 in; Tassel adds 13″ 
Idiophones – Struck Idiophones – Rattles

A contemporary gourd rattle used by members of the Native American Church for Peyote rituals.  This beautifully beaded rattle has an ebony wood handle, net beading, leather tassels, and horsehair tufts.  Referred to as the Peyote rattle, it was an important element of the American native life in Oklahoma in the late 1800s.  Today it has become entrenched as an important segment of the church, among Indian followers who seek to reconcile traditional Indian practices with missionary Christianity.

References: —George E. “Tink” Tinker (wazhazhe [Osage Nation])
Clifford Baldridge Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions, Iliff School of Theology:  https://americanindian.si.edu/exhibitions/infinityofnations/introduction.html