Peyote Feather Fan

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Peyote Feather Fan
Peyote Feather Fan
Artist/Maker (Oneida, born 1964)
Datelate 20th century
MediumBeads, deerskin, feathers, and paint
DimensionsOverall: 23 1/2 × 5 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (59.7 × 12.9 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971, in honor of Chief Skenandoah
Object number1995.8
On view
DescriptionPlain long feathers accented with small colored feathers (iridescent red, blue, and yellow) arranged in a fan-like shape with a beaded handle.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.);

1995
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Dreams and Visions from the Woodlands: Contemporary Artists of the Iroquois and Ojibwa," January 16 - February 19, 1995.
Provenance 1995: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by purchase from the artist.
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, "Gallery Acquires Contemporary Native American Art", FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (August 1995).
Awl case
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Louis Naranjo
Date: c. 1980 - 1997
Medium: Terracotta with paint, wood, and feathers
Object number: 2018.3.6
Shirt decoration
Date: unknown
Medium: Tanned hide, glass beads, and horse or cow tail
Object number: 1984.553
Knife Sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Fragment of a beaded loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537
Club
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, wood, stone, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.547
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Pipebag
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533