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Object Number 14-29-70/85744
Display Title Plaited palm leaf fans
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fans, woven triangular fiber blade, notched top, braided hair bound, handle
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand / <State> / Niue
Additional Geographic Terms Cook Islands
Dimensions Overall: 53.8 x 40.5 x 2.2 cm (21 3/16 x 15 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 85744/ LOA/ MOKATACA
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1914)

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