710-8 Kiowa fan; wood, eagle feathers, glass beads, cloth; l. 73 cm., w. 15,5 cm.; ca. 1870s. Feather fans were used for different purposes, from the mundane to the sacred. Apart from its primary utilitarian use to whisk cooling air across the body, it was used during dances and ceremonies, including shamanic curing rituals. In these latter cases, fans could be elaborately decorated. In the syncretistic ...
Datum
1 januari 1870 - 1 januari 1880
Organisatie
Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen