Peyote Fan
Big House Fan
| Object Number: | 70-9-476 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Delaware Culture Lenape |
| Provenience: | United States of America Oklahoma (uncertain) |
| Culture Area: | Northeast Culture Area |
| Date Made: | ca. 1890 |
| Early Date: | 1865 |
| Late Date: | 1915 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cooper's Hawk Tail Bead Hide Wood |
| Iconography: | Big House Ceremony Peyote Ceremony |
| Length: | 37 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Description
Feathers fastened into beaded handle. Handle is wood, covered with maroon, red, blue and lilac-colored beadwork on buckskin, with fringe at bottom. Feathers are from cooper's hawk tail, ith red-dyed feather in center.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Preucel, Robert W., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Williams, Lucy F. 2005. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pages 102-103/Plate 36 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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