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Peacock feather peyote fan attahced by bucksin flange to beaded handle / Unknown

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Peyote fan of peacock feather attached by buckskin flange to beaded handle on buckskin over wooden dowel with lavender beads in lattice motif on light blue/gray ground with yellow and cranberry diagonal border at top and three rows of cranberry beads at the bottom. Fringed section of buckskin at the bottom.

Curatorial Remarks

All feathers have the same symbolic importance in the Native American Church, regardless of origin.

Tags: peacock fan
People: Osage
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meetings, ceremonial use

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

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Title(s): 
Peacock feather peyote fan attahced by bucksin flange to beaded handle
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
feather, wood, hide, glass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Fan
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Whitesell and Sons
Accession No: 
84.2923
Previous Number(s): 
TL1997.45.15; tl1997.45.15
Department: 
Anthropology
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