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fan

human history
  • Description

    Fan of woven strips of plant material attached to wooden handle. Curved on the long outer side, with smaller curved recesses on the inner side. One corner is flat and may have broken off as it does not match the opposite corner. A different weaving pattern is used near the attachment to the handle. A long wide strip of plant material has been used to attach fan to handle. This strip is broken near one end.

    Handle painted red with a glaze or varnish and has a round knob at one end.

  • Place
    India
  • Accession Date
    1919
  • Other Id

    13239 (ethnology)

  • Department

    World

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