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Bone or ivory folding fan w/ 18 slats strung w/ white and yellow striped ribbon and held at base w/ brass pin. Painted in gold, silver and bronze w/ birds, grasses and vines on cream background.
fans (equipment)
accessories
bone (material)
brass (alloy)
ivory (tooth component)
painting (coating)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
collecting
vines
Bone
Vegetable Ivory
Brass
Painted
Bird
Vine
Collecting
FAN
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
A.A. Vantine & Co.
Unknown
9.125 x 16.5 x 0.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5377
New York state (United States)
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