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Dance Fans

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Record 597/826
Copyright New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY
Object ID T0596a-b
Object Name Dance Fans
Description Central Yup'ik Dance Fans; Medium/Materials: Wood, swan feathers, duck tail feathers, snowy owl feathers, white, green and red pigment, peebles;
Early Date 1870 ca.
Medium white, green and red pigment/peebles
Place of Origin Alaska, USA
People Central Yup'ik/
Provenance (1) Jesuit Missionary. Wheeling, West Virginia. Collected by a Jesuit Missionary from Wheeling, West Virginia while in Alaska in 1870 or 1886.; (2) Diocese of Wheeling. Wheeling, West Virginia. Received in 1886.; (3) Father Schoenberg. Pacific Northwest Indian Center, Spokane, Washington. Traded to Stolper in 1974-75.; (4) Robert L. Stolper. New York City. June 1985 to Nasser; (5) Andre Nasser. New York City.; (6) Eugene V. Thaw.;
Used Central Yup'ik
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