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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1890-1930

GUSN

GUSN-24082

Description

Undecorated, oval palmetto leaf fan; handle formed by leaf's stem. Edged w/ a straw bound w/ brown thread.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
cutting (dividing)
plant material
sewing (process)
straw (plant material)
thread
thread
Cut
Palmetto
Straw
Fiddle Thread
Machine Sewn
FAN

Inscription

Pencil: ""ANNA/ JANE/ TOTSEY/ MAX""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

16.125 x 10.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.4991

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