Chris Curle special to the Eagle This "fan" is the whole body of a real egret, the legs serving as the "handle." The Plume Hunter exhibit details the slaughter of Southwest Florida wading and shorebirds for their feathers at the turn of the 20th century. The feathers adorned the attire of "fashionable" women of the era.






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