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Bamboo and paper folding fan. There are 13 slats. One side painted/printed spray of branches, buds and flowers in brown and red on pale orange background. Reverse has scene of a monkey selling fruit, one buying fruit and one stealing it and a spray of leaves and flowers. Polychrome printed or painted.
fans (equipment)
accessories
bamboo (material)
cutting (dividing)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
allegory (artistic device)
bamboo (material)
floral patterns
figure- and animal-derived motifs
monkeys (animals)
Painted
Torah
Cut
Unidentified Paper
Bamboo
Spray
Monkey
Allegory
FAN
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
A.A. Vantine & Co.
Unknown
Japan
10.875 x 18.5 x 0.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5009
New York state (United States)
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