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Object Number 30-54-70/D3475.1
Display Title Fire fan
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fan, brown feathers, cut, attached to red wood handle, four loose feathers
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Arnhem Land, Northeast
Dimensions Overall: 52 x 31.3 x 2.1 cm (20 1/2 x 12 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 30-54-70/D3475.1; D-3475
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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