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Fan - natural colored bast fiber in knotted technique
Fan - natural colored bast fiber in knotted technique
Object Number 39-44-60/3356
Display Title Fan - natural colored bast fiber in knotted technique
Descriptions
Object Description Fan - natural colored bast fiber in knotted technique; Japanese scene in center with blue border, edged in cloth, bamboo handle, tortoise shell at joining of fan handle
Inventory Description Fan, circular, basketry, bamboo handle, painted center medallion
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Vegetable fiber, Cloth, Ribbon, Pigment, Bamboo, Shell, Paper, Bone?
Dimensions Overall: 38.1 x 25.2 x 1 cm (15 x 9 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-44-60/3356
Provenance
Collector Mrs. W.L.H. Lothrop (1939)

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