Peyote Fan
70-9-480
From: United States of America | Oklahoma
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-480 |
| 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 | Golden Eagle Feather | Eagle Feather | Blue Jay Feather | Feather | Buckskin |
| Iconography | Peyote Ceremony |
| Description | Feathers, most from golden eagle; some additional colored feathers from smaller birds, including one blue jay feather. Held together by a piece of hide folded over quill ends and sewn along sides. Note in Speck's handwriting accompanying object: "Eagle feather fan used to brush impurities from persons entering and leaving Peyote ceremony. Obtained through War Eagle [Charlie Webber]." |
| Length | 37 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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