Bamboo and paper folding fan w/ 11 slats held w/ iron pin. Paper brown w/ brown and white cherry branches and flowers on one side, white brown and yellow flowers and black bat on other.
fans (equipment)
accessories
bamboo (material)
cutting (dividing)
iron (metal)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
bamboo (material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
bat (animal)
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
Painted
Torah
Iron
Floral
Unidentified Paper
Bamboo
Cut
Blossom
Bat
FAN
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
A.A. Vantine & Co.
Unknown
Japan
11.75 x 21.5 x 0.375 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5006
New York state (United States)
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