Culture/People:

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Previous owner:

Pu-hu-ma'm-su-a (Bloody Leg), Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Collector:

Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971  Search this

Object Name:

Fan with sun and Morning Star designs

Media/Materials:

Feather/feathers, hide, wood, silk ribbon, glass bead/beads, pigment/pigments

Techniques:

Carved, sewn, stitched, overlay beadwork, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, bead-wrapped, painted

Dimensions:

68.6 x 14.6 cm

Object Type:

Personal items

Native Term:

wu' ky'

Place:

Oklahoma; USA

Date created:

circa 1880

Collection History:

Collected from Pu-hu-ma'm-su-a (Niuam) in 1909 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.

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Catalog Number:

2/1617

Barcode:

021617.000

See related items:

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c1de4fe9-ed59-4694-83fc-a980eb1f2c25

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_22954