Fan

Culture/People
Oklahoma Shawnee
Previous owner
Chief Joe Billy (Pem Mep To/i'le'ni we ga wi'), Absentee Shawnee [Shawnee, Oklahoma-Pottawatomie County], 1835-1917
Collector
Chief William M. Skye (Bill Skye), Peoria, 1868-1923
Hope M. Fulbright, Non-Indian, 1876-1949
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Collection History
Collected from Chief Joe Billy (Pem Mep To, 1835-1917, traditional leader of the Big Jim Band of Absentee Shawnee) in 1910 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member), assisted by Chief William M. Skye (Peoria, 1868-1923) and Hope M. Fulbright (1879-1949), during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place
Oklahoma; USA
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Oklahoma Shawnee
Personal items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
2/5683
Barcode
025683.000
Object Type
Personal items
Native Term
we' we' tho'
Object Name
Fan
Media/Materials
Peacock feather/feathers, silk cloth, cotton canvas, hide thong/babiche
Techniques
Wrapped, stitched, fringed
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65603853f-7c10-45d2-b15b-9369c8f00be5
Record ID
NMAI_26963