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Object Number 88-51-70/50744
Display Title Fan
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fan, woven fiber, triangular blade, braided handle, fiber bound with loop at end
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 38.6 x 29.8 x 1.7 cm (15 3/16 x 11 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50744
Provenance
Collector Capt. Charles Wilkes (1838-1840)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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