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Split bamboo and paper fan w/ painted or printed design on one side of birds, bamboo and two men in black, brown and blue. Handle is a piece of bamboo, squared and painted black.
fans (equipment)
accessories
bamboo (material)
carving (processes)
cutting (dividing)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
bamboo (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
men (male humans)
Bamboo
Unidentified Paper
Cut
Transfer Printed
Painted
Bird
Carved
Men
FAN
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
A.A. Vantine & Co.
Unknown
Japan
12.25 x 6.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4983
New York state (United States)
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