Elements of regalia revealed

Wing fans are carried by both men and women, traditional, grass or jingle dress dancers. They are typically made from the feathers of a goose and often with feathers all from the same wing. The longest is laid first and then the next longest over top, and so on. Some dancers decorate with beading at the handle.

Round sleigh bells are popular with men's traditional dancers. Casted brass was the preference of old, but nickel-plated bells are now most affordable. The bells are laced onto strap leather.

Fancy arm bustles are made of hackle feathers glued to heavy leather or plywood discs. The feathers are glued to the disc and the centre of the disc is covered in a mirror or a beaded rosette.

The flat fan is made to look like the tail of a bird, an eagle or a hawk, so the feathers of a flat fan are mounted in the same order as they would be in a tail, with outside feathers thinner on their outside edge than on their inside. The outside feathers are underneath the next ones inside and are layered as such to the middle.