COLLECTION NAME:
Omaha Indian Heritage Project
Record
Object Name:
cigarette papers and case
Tribe:
Omaha
Object Type:
peyote equipment
Subject:
religious
Description:
A leather wallet with a snap closure and image of a shield and indian on the front; 'Walthill, Nebraska' on the flap and 'F.L.' on the back. Oak leaves are inside
Primary Material:
leather
Length:
4.0 cm
Width:
3.0 cm
Notes:
Oak leaf cigarette papers in leather case. These oak leaf cigarette papers are of the type which are sometimes used by individual peyotists during the peyote ceremony. They are not as important a vehicle of prayer as the cornhusk cigarettes. The leaves, in their case, were given to James Howard by Frank Dupuis, a peyote leader of Northern Iowa and Omaha Indian descent (see 17, above), in 1957. Dupuis stated that he had been given the leaves and their case by an Omaha Indian peyotist named Grant a few months perviously. The pictures of Omaha Indian women and children, and the photograph of Grant, accompanied the papers in their leather case
Image:
noimage
Museum:
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Catalog Number:
65032a,b
Year of Coll/Manuf:
1957
Materials:
oak leaves, leather
Provenance:
See notes
State of Coll/Manuf:
Nebraska
Collection:
Omaha Indian Heritage Project
Omaha Indian Heritage Project
