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Object Number 2000.16.8
Display Title Fan
Descriptions
Object Description Fan
Inventory Description Fan, woven fiber, leaf shape blade, brown linear design, wrapped fiber handle
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Tonga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 35.2 x 32.4 x 4.6 cm (13 7/8 x 12 3/4 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.16.8
Credit Line Gift of Blair F. Baldwin, Class of 2002
Provenance
Collector Harris Fahnestock (1890's)
Donor Blair F. Baldwin (May 23, 2000)

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