Peyote Fan
70-9-479
From: United States of America | Oklahoma
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-479 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Delaware Culture | Lenape |
| Provenience | United States of America | Oklahoma |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Date Made | ca. 1890 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Eagle Wing | Buckskin | Cotton |
| Iconography | Peyote Ceremony |
| Description | Eagle wing, wrapped in hide at quill ends to form handle. Handle is bound in green cloth tape, and is fringed at bottom. Note in Speck's handwriting accompanying object: "Eagle wing fan used in Peyote ceremony to purify members. Part of Enoch's outfit, used about 1890." |
| Length | 37 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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