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Object Number 99-15-70/53915
Display Title Fan, palm leaf
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fan, pointed ovate woven fiber openwork blade, braided fiber binding handle
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 55.1 x 31.5 x 1.9 cm (21 11/16 x 12 3/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53915
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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