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Object Number 994-2-10/71099
Display Title Man's Dance Fan
Descriptions
Object Description Man's dance fan. Imitation eagle feathers set into cedar handle decorated with seed beads and cut glass beads in diamond pattern of yellow, orange, red, light blue, royal blue, white, brown and turquoise on maroon ground. Buckskin fringe at end of handle. Signed base of handle.
Inventory Description Fan, feathers, cedar wood base covered with glass bead design, hide fringe
Classification
  • Art 3-D
Department Ethnographic
Date 1988
Artist Leonard J. McKinney (01/01/1988)
Culture
  • Potawatomi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Kansas
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 66 cm (4 15/16 x 26 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 994-2-10/71099
Provenance
Collector Amanda Proctor (01/01/1994)

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