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Object Number 99-12-70/53612
Display Title Fan or hand screen
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fan, woven fiber, triangular blade, carved wood handle, ridged
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1808
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Windward Islands / Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Dimensions Overall: 45 x 43.2 x 1.9 cm (17 11/16 x 17 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53612
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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