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Introduction

A fan of rattan and feathers from the Six Nations of the Grand River, collected by Stewart Culin at the 1901 Buffalo Exposition. Now held at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

Museum documentation.

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1800s-1901
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

feathers; rattan, natural and dyed purple, brown and green; splints; string, yellow; cord, beige.

Techniques or Format

The fan is made of woven rattan, with feathers attached to the upper portion. Yellow string is woven into the fan where the handle meets the body. A cord is looped through the bottom of the handle.

Dimensions: 0 × 34.5 × 31 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

This fan was collected during John Wanamaker's expedition in 1901.

Current Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 38522
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: gift funded by John Wannamaker
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1901
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected by Stewart Culin in the Buffalo area at the time of the great exposition of 1901. A gift funded by John Wannamaker.

GKS Reference Number: 25801
Record Creation Context

GRASAC research visit by David Penney, Ruth Phillips, Stacey Loyer, William Wierzbowski, December 3, 2009

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

Museum documentation.

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