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Fan

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1900-1920

GUSN

GUSN-18348

Description

South Pacific fan mounted on a red painted turned wooden stick w/ black and red punch-work fabric and straw ends. Fabric in the shape of an ax.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
cotton (textile)
punching (surface marking technique)
sewing (process)
straw (plant material)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
souvenirs
Straw
Cotton
Punched
Turned
Machine Sewn
Souvenir
FAN

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16 x 9.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.386

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