Okwataga

Here's one for everybody - What kind of fan do you carry? Hawk, Eagle(golden or bald) Macaw,......
I've got a hawk fan that my exmother -in-law had painted, which she gave to me.
Then i've also seen some peopel carry their fans in their left hand

Blackbear

I have a mature golden eagle feather fan...it only has four feathers in it but the feathers are quite large. I am expecting my immature feathers anytime now so I can make a really nice larger fan and then the mature one will be beaded and passed down to my daughter as she gets older and does more dancing.

Okwataga

:Cooler now that's another thing I think is so cool about all this, also when we have children of our own we can pass to them our stuff, if their interested. It's taken a few years but my youngest son is now goiong back to grass dancing. Only thing is though his dad was fancy dancer, and I don't think he wants any of my dresses, so I can't pass to much down to him.

eagle_clan1017

I carry a mature golden eagle fan...It's got 7 feathers in it, the handle's beaded and there is some pretty nice feather work on it too. I use an all red macaw fan every now and then too. Then I am supposed to be getting a red and blue macaw fan too, but the feathers are still in the package!!! but someday.......:)

lightningflash

I carry a bald eagle tail fan - all white feathers, and it is made of all 12 of them. With a beaded handle, and florette featherwork up the feather stems.

Okwataga

Sounds like everyone pretty much has some nice fans.
Do any of you have hand me downs? Or fans that's been given to you?:bouncy: :Chatter

Sheila

My fan was given to me. There was a lady from Cherokee, NC who came and taught a class at the Carolina Indian Seminar. I was one of her students in that class. That night, just before the pow wow she handed me a gift bundle. It was a fan. I cried, this was the first time anyone outside of my closest friends and family had ever given me anything. I will always treasure that fan. :Angel2

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