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Object Number 00-8-70/55368
Display Title Fans
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fan, woven palm leaf, triangular blade, braided handle
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Materials Palm leaf
Dimensions Overall: 37.6 x 25 x 1.9 cm (14 13/16 x 9 13/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55368
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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