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We have 7 objects tagged ostrich.

This all-white folding fan is made of white ostrich feathers. The feathers themselves curve and resemble a shag rug. The sticks that attach the feathers are a light brown and transparent.

Brisé Fan
celluloid sticks, ostrich feathers.
Gift of Mabel Choate.
1949-50-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

This engraved print on slightly discolored cream paper shows a frenetic ostrich hunt, with horseback riders and hunting dogs chasing the fleeing birds. The scene is rendered in hatched and crosshatched lines, dark and pronounced in the foreground, fading out in the background to suggest distance. The scene takes place in an open field, ringed with trees. On a rocky outcropping in the foreground, at center, are a rearing horse and muscled rider armed with a spear, turned with his back toward us to face a panicked ostrich with three baying dogs at its feet. The ostrich's long neck is crooked, head turned so its round goggle eye can look back at the rider, beak open in a cry. Its fluffy wings are slightly raised as it steps away on what appear to be cloven hooves, like a cow's. The rider's long spear is gripped in his right hand, angled toward the ostrich. He sports a long mustache, a turban, and a short belted tunic, hem rippling from the motion of his horse. The dogs surround the ostrich: one crouches under the horse's raised hooves while two more leap at the ostrich from behind, sharp-toothed mouths open. Flanking this central conflict are two more spear-wielding riders, slightly further back in space. The mayhem continues in the background, where riders and dogs appear to be herding ostriches toward a ditch crossing the glade. On the far side of the ditch are low hills with trees, and a small hilltop tower to the right. Italic text in the bottom left of the picture reads 'Iohannes Stradanus inuentor'; inscribed below the picture is 'Strution insequitur celeri gens Maura molosso, 25 Et Galeis plumas aptat, gestamen honorum.'.

Print, The Ostrich Hunt
engraving on laid paper.
Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson.
1952-37-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, Design for a State Bedchamber, in Second Livre d'Appartements (Second Book on Interiors)

Print, Design for a State Bedchamber, in Second Livre d'Appartements (Second...
etching, engraving on white laid paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
1988-4-53

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Brisé Fan (USA)

Brisé Fan (USA)
ostrich feathers, tortoise shell sticks, silk ribbon.
Gift of Ina K. Pitner.
1954-36-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Book Illustration, The Practical Ostrich Feather Dyer, Revised and Corrected by Dr. M. Frank, 64a

Book Illustration, The Practical Ostrich Feather Dyer, Revised and Corrected...
dyed feather samples.
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088007119563

There are 2 images of this object.

A wooden chair with a shield-shaped back. The vase shaped openwork vertical splat consists of five curved vertical slats - the center one is carved with foliage at the base; the branches into three ostrich feathers. Splats on both sides curving outwards meet those on the outside in two rosettes, from which swags of drapery hang. The front legs are moulded and slightly tapered. Front seat rail is serpentine and side rails are bowed slightly. There is a drop in seat covered in silk solid cut stamped cloth velvet.

Side Chair (England)
mahogany.
1898-8-11-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

"Cawston Ostrich Farm, South Pasadena, California" Matchsafe

"Cawston Ostrich Farm, South Pasadena, California" Matchsafe
nickel-plated metal, printed celluloid.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-68

This object was made by Whitehead & Hoag Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.