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Object Number 11-2-70/83921
Display Title Dance fans
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fans, acorn shaped wood frame, palm leaf blade, fringed edges, cord binding
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 65.7 x 61 x 5.4 cm (25 7/8 x 24 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 83921
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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