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Peyote fan with feather tips wrapped in hide and beaded handle with braided horsehair attached / Unidentified

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Curatorial Remarks

Sometimes, personal attachments were added to fans by their owners. This is an example of a loose feather fan.

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): 
Peyote fan with feather tips wrapped in hide and beaded handle with braided horsehair attached
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
glass, hide, feather, metal, horsehair
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Fan
Accession No: 
84.217
Previous Number(s): 
84.217-; 8427.217; 11727
Department: 
Anthropology
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