Small Feathered Fan
Small Feathered Fan
- Collection ID
- OBJ.000415
- Type
- Object
- Date
- mid-1900
- Geography
- Ecuador
- Language
- N/A
- Medium
- Feathers and Wood
- Dimensions
- 8 × 4.4 × 0.6 in. (20.3 × 10.9 × 1.7 cm)
- Exhibit Location
- On View at Biola University, La Mirada, CA
This small fan was made and used by the Waodäni people of Amazonian Ecuador. It is made of green feathers, most likely from a parrot, and woven together with strips of wood. Elisabeth and her husband Jim became missionaries in the 1950s to people living in remote regions in the Ecuadorian Amazon. After Jim’s death, Elisabeth returned as a missionary to Ecuador. This fan was kept by Elisabeth Elliot as a reminder of her time living among the tribe as a Christian missionary during the 1950s.
This small fan was made and used by the Waodäni people of Amazonian Ecuador. It is made of green feathers, most likely from a parrot, and woven together with strips of wood. Elisabeth and her husband Jim became missionaries in the 1950s to people living in remote regions in the Ecuadorian Amazon. After Jim’s death, Elisabeth returned as a missionary to Ecuador. This fan was kept by Elisabeth Elliot as a reminder of her time living among the tribe as a Christian missionary during the 1950s.
Created in the mid-1900s by the Waodäni people, Ecuador; Gifted to Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015); Via death in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Created in the mid-1900s by the Waodäni people, Ecuador; Gifted to Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015); Via death in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
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