Fan (iki thadsin) Item Number: 11.694.8977 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This fan has a hide handle that has each side beaded differently from the other, one side blue, green, red and white beads, the reverse side red, blue and white. Both sides have a cross in the design. A hide thong is dyed green and tied to one side of the handle. Small eagle feathers are arranged in front of larger eagle feathers and tucked into the fan handle hide.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Fan (iki thadsin)
- Identification Number
- 11.694.8977
- Type of Item
- fan
- Material
- winter hawk feather, glass bead, wood, wool, hide and pigment
- Overall
- length 1.0 in, width 7.0 in, height 23.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Osage
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- (not assigned)