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Object Number 994-2-10/71089
Display Title Dance Fan
Descriptions
Object Description Dance fan. Southern plains (Kiowa) style. Pheasant feathers set in cedar handle with beaded design in royal blue, red, yellow, orange, maroon on turquoise background; buckskin fringe. Signed at base of handle.
Inventory Description Dance fan, eight pheasant tail feathers, wood handle covered with glass beads, hide fringes
Classification
  • Ethnographic
Department Ethnographic
Date 1994
Artist Leonard J. McKinney (01/01/1994)
Culture
  • Potawatomi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Kansas / Wichita County
Dimensions Overall: 37.5 x 10 cm (14 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 994-2-10/71089
Provenance
Collector Amanda Proctor (01/01/1994)

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