PLUME
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PEACOCK FEATHERS
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- FEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P19750142000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PEACOCK FEATHERS
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- FEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 15
- Description
- 38.1 TO 66.0 CM. (VARIOUS SIZES) .1 - .15 VARIOUS SIZES OF PEACOCK FEATHERS.
- Subjects
- ADORNMENT
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- REFER TO FILE P19750139000-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION. ON 8 FEBRUARY 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED IKE LANIER ABOUT ARTIFACTS DONATED BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY. WHEN ASKED IF HE REMEMBERED THE ARTIFACT, “I REMEMBER THESE. PROBABLY FANS. I CAN’T REMEMBER [MY MOTHER] USING THEM – THEY WERE JUST ARTEFACTS SHE PICKED UP. I CAN’T SAY WHERE SHE GOT THEM. I THINK THEY’RE NOT, - THEY COULD BE PEACOCK FEATHERS. THOSE WERE LOCAL. THERE’S STILL A FEW AROUND IN OUR NEIGHBORS’ - PEOPLE KEEP THEM. …[MY MOTHER KEPT THEM] IN A DRAWER OR SOMETHING.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19651574000-GA FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW.
- Catalogue Number
- P19750142000
- Acquisition Date
- 1975-08
- Collection
- Museum
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