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Object Number
14-29-70/85737
Display Title
Plaited palm leaf fans
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fan, triangular woven palm leaf blade, pointed ovoid and serrated wood handle
Classification
- Fan
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Society Islands
Materials
Wood, Palm leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 47.4 x 39.2 x 2.6 cm (18 11/16 x 15 7/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
85737
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(1914)
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| 14-29-70/85731 | Plaited leaf fans |
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| 14-29-30/85743.1 | Plaited palm leaf fans |
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| |
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| |
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