Mescal Fan
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 1892
label: Collection Date
content: C. 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: [Describing all parts in E152887-0 through -1:] Two fans of eagle tail feathers mounted in hide-covered handles with fringe at end, one painted green and yellow with red and blue stripes. 25" (64 cm); 20" (51 cm). Records: Mescal fan made of an eagle's tail and used in the Mescal Ceremony to shield the eyes from the glare of the fire. (C, L). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiowa And Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025718
label: USNM Number
content: E152887-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fan