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Object Number 990-16-60/14562
Display Title Peacock feather duster fan
Descriptions
Object Description Peacock feathers with the quills bound with red silk cord. Some of the quills are detaching.
Inventory Description Fan, Peacock feathers tied together with red silk thread
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1920
Culture
  • Ch'ing
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Additional Geographic Terms Manchuria
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 10 x 1 cm (13 3/4 x 3 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-16-60/14562
Provenance
Collector Warren J. Mead (1920)
Donor Jere Mead (8/13/90)
Donor Dorothea P. Mead (8/13/1990)

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