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Object Number 15-9-50/B866
Display Title Fire fans
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fans, round basketry fan attached to wood handle with metal nails
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Spain / Canary Islands / Tenerife / La Laguna
Dimensions Overall: 39.4 x 19.5 x 1.7 cm (15 1/2 x 7 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object B-866

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