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Object Number 26-51-70/D2686
Display Title Fan
Descriptions
Object Description Older style fan - gold herring bone weave, dark brown and gold, stiff handle
Inventory Description Fan, woven fiber, curved blade, twisted human hair woven into handle
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 39.8 x 26.4 x 3.2 cm (15 11/16 x 10 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-2686
Provenance
Collector William Thaddeus Harris
Donor Catharine P. Harris (May 1926)

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