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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Eagle feather fan joined together by hide string, used in Peyote ceremony Unknown Native American; Kaw 84.235 feather (eagle), hide, cotton
Eagle feather fan used for peyote ceremony Unknown Native American; Osage 84.236 feathers (eagle)
Peyote feather fan with multicolored beaded handle and white fringe Barry Belindo Native American; Sac & Fox 84.3094 feathers, glass, metal, hide
Feather fan wrapped in hide Unknown Native American 85.14 hide, feather
Wooden painted peyote box with carved waterbird on lid Unknown Native American 73.249 paint, wood
Eagle tail fan with buckskin fringe at end Unknown Native American; Kiowa 85.1 feather (eagle), hide
Feather fan wrapped in hide with red decoration Unknown Native American 85.92a-o feather, hide
Feather Aningha peyote fan Robert Littledance Native American; possibly Ponca, Osage 84.824 feather, leather, glass
Peyote staff with carved and painted water bird Sammy Largo Native American 73.761 wood, paint
Feather peyote fan with beaded handle Unknown Native American; Kaw 84.3034 feather, leather, glass
Miniature feather prayer fan with hammer feathers and mescal beans Unknown Native American; Kiowa 84.2902 feathers (chicken), mescal beans, hide
Fan with beaded handle Unknown Native American 84.2859a-b feather, hide, glass, horsehair, metal, wood
Native American Church loose feather fan Nelson Big Bow, Rod Pistokcha, Harding Big Bow Native American; Kiowa, Choctaw 84.2897 feathers, leather, glass, wood, fabric, ribbon
Peacock feather peyote fan attahced by bucksin flange to beaded handle Unknown Native American 84.2923 feather, wood, hide, glass
Macaw feather peyote fan with beaded handle Joseph Rice Native American; Sac & Fox 84.2950a-b feather (macaw), wood, metal, glass, plastic
Fireman's fan for Native American Church services Unknown Native American; Osage 84.2959a-b feathers (eagle), wood, hide, metal, glass, cotton
Feather peyote fan with beaded handle Justin C. Chischillie Native American 84.3009 feather, leather, glass
Eagle tail feather loose fan Nelson Big Bow, Harding Big Bow Native American; Kiowa 84.2896 feathers (eagle), glass, cotton, hide, wood, fur, metal
Anhinga feather loose fan with hackle trim Warren White, Harding Big Bow Native American; Kiowa 84.2898 feathers (anhinga), hide, glass, cotton
Peyote fan with beaded handle and scissortail feathers. Nelson Big Bow, Harding Big Bow Native American; Kiowa 84.2899 feathers (scissortail), hide, glass, metal, wood, cotton