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Object Number 00-8-70/55361
Display Title Dance fan
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fan, ovate wood frame, stretched palm leaf bound with fiber
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga / <State> / Vava'u
Additional Geographic Terms Vavau Group
Dimensions Overall: 83.3 x 36.4 x 1.5 cm (32 13/16 x 14 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55361
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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