Macaw loose feather fan / Phil Dupoint

Essay/Description

A loose fan of 13 macaw feathers. 12 are red and blue. One is green and blue. All have dyed hackle feather trim at their base in green, black, white, pink, and red. The center feather is trimmed with yellow chicken feathers and feathers of unknown type with tuffs of white with black dots. 2 chrome spots also decorate this center feather. White shoe-polished leather extensions attach the feathers to the handle. The removable handle is made from a shotgun rod that is gourd stitched in plain and cut beads in white, black, lime green, red, dark orange, yellow, and dark green on a mauve background. At the base of the handle 14 2-ply white buckskin fringes attach.

Curatorial Remarks

Navajo macaw loose feather fan. This fan is part of the Harding Big Bow collection and used by the Kiowa.

Tags: Macaw Feather, multi-color feathers, beadwork, fringe
People: Randolph Dupoint,
Places: Oklahoma, Southwest
Purpose: peyote meeting

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Macaw loose feather fan

Creator(s):

Phil Dupoint (Artist)

Harding Big Bow (Used by)

Culture:

Native American; Kiowa

Date:

late 20th century

Place:

Oklahoma

Materials/Techniques:

feathers (macaw, chicken), hide, glass, cotton, chrome

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Fan

Credit Line:

Gift of Pearl Big Bow

Accession No:

84.2900

Previous Number(s):

TL1997.73.7

Department:

Anthropology

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Length: 30in. (76.2cm)
Width: 8in. (20.3cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Phil (Joe Fish) Dupoint

Role(s):

Artist

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Harding Big Bow

Biography:

Mr. Big Bow was a roadman and organizational leader in the Native American Church, having served as the President of the Native American Church of Oklahoma. He was also an easel painter in the Kiowa style. He was the co-organizer of the exhibition project that became "Symbols of Faith and Belief: The Art of the Native American Church" alongside Gilcrease Senior Curator at the time Daniel Swan. After his death, his wife Pearl Big Bow gave his NAC equipment and other objects to Gilcrease Museum. Mr. Big Bow's life work, and art are described in various publications, especially Dan Swan's (1999) "Peyote religious Art", Jackson: University of Mississippi; (1990) Southern Plains Indian Museum and Crafts Center: Symbolic Paintings by Harding Big Bow, Anadarko.

Role(s):

Used by

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Big Bow, Harding

Birth Date:

1921

Death Date:

1997

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Kiowa painter and flute maker, 1921-1997

Gender:

male

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Dupoint, Phil. Macaw loose feather fan. 84.2900. late 20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/842900 (10/31/2018).

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