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Fan

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-10307

Description

Wooden round handle carved in a twist; ivory ring at end. Leaf is in a curved flat wooden extension of the handle and is dark green silk [?], which unfolds into a circle, eith dark mother-of-pearl buttons in center in either side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
ivory (tooth component)
mother of pearl
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
Mother-of-Pearl
Vegetable Ivory
Silk
FAN

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11.25 (H) (inches)

Accession Number

1995.83

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