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Feather fan with beaded handle
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Feather peyote fan with beaded handle and leather fringe
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Feather peyote fan with beaded handle and leather fringe / Unknown

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Essay/Description

4 yellow flicker feathers attached ot buckskin strips and bound together in a single buckskin handle. Trimmed with a single row of red glass beads. Scraps of magenta down are still visible on the bases of feathers.

Curatorial Remarks

This fan has a very minimal number of feathers. The feathers are possibly from an anhinga, or commonly called waterbird.

Tags: fan, feather
People: Native American Church
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meeting

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

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Title(s): 
Feather peyote fan with beaded handle and leather fringe
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Osage
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
feather, hide, glass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Fan
Credit Line: 
Gift of Patrick Oliver
Accession No: 
84.3107
Previous Number(s): 
TL1999.13.1
Department: 
Anthropology
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