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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Purification after Childbirth Acee Blue Eagle Native American; Muscogee (Creek), Pawnee 02.435 tempera on paper
Fan made from a bird wing Unknown Native American 84.885 hide, feather
Group of eagle feathers Unknown Native American 85.45a-i feather
Group of bird feathers Unknown Native American 85.46a-d feather
Group of eagle feathers Unknown Native American 85.47a-g feather
Bird feather with four beads Unknown Native American 85.48 feather
Feather fan with leather handle Unknown Native American; Osage and Ponca 84.894 hide, feather, wood, woven tape similar to first-aid tape
Wooden smoke stick (fire stick) with painted tipi and carved white cross relief heart Joseph Rice, Joseph Rice Native American 73.758 wood, paint
Bone roach spreader Sean Standingbear, Emil William Lenders Native American; Osage 84.797b bone, red pigment, semi-tanned hide
Roach, roach spreader, and feather Unknown, Sean Standingbear, Emil William Lenders Native American; Osage 84.797a-c german silver, brass, horsehair, hide, feather
Feather to go with roach and spreader Unknown, Emil William Lenders, Sean Standingbear Native American; Osage 84.797c feathers, possibly horse hair, very fine undyed quills, skin with fine white hair attached, hide with no hair, dye, plastic
Dyed deer hair and porcupine quill roach Sean Standingbear, Emil William Lenders Native American; Osage 84.797a deer or horse hair, porcupine quills, dye, natural fiber heavy thread (light brown and black), semi-tanned hide
Feather drop for decorating the staff Unknown Native American; Osage 84.2924e feather (eagle, pheasant), hide, glass
Part of set of feathers with metal hooks Unknown Native American; Osage 84.3417a beads, feather
Native American Church eagle wing fan wrapped in hide Unknown Native American; Osage 84.2934 hide, eagle feather
Native American Church eagle wing fan wrapped in hide Unknown, Henry Haskell, Dudley Haskell, Mary Whitesell Native American; Osage 84.2936 feather (eagle), feather (red hackle), hide
Painted Native American Church fan decorated with jewelry cross and foil Unknown, Bob Block Native American; Osage 84.2958 feather (pheasant and macaw), glass, paint, foil, thread
Beaded peyote feather with geometric designs Unknown Native American; Osage 84.2920 eagle feather, glass, hide
Feather decorated with horsehair on quill Unknown, Emil William Lenders Native American; Osage 84.801 feather, horsehair
Beaded hide feather fan with geometric designs Unknown Native American; Osage or Kiowa 84.3119 glass, hide, feather