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Rounded triangular split bamboo and paper fan w/ painted bamboo tree w/ a man on one side and woman on other; other side painted w/ rooster and bamboo tree. Painted blue and black.
fans (equipment)
accessories
bamboo (material)
cutting (dividing)
painting (coating)
bamboo (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
red jungle fowl
women (female humans)
Painted
Bamboo
Cut
Man
Woman
Rooster
FAN
Stamped w/ red ink on left side center: [2 stamps one on top of other--Japanese? characters]
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
A.A. Vantine & Co.
Unknown
Japan
16 x 11.25 x 0.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4990
New York state (United States)
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