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Woven coco leaf fan with handle from Hawaii. Fan constructed using classic weaving techniques. Large strips of coco leaf are woven and twisted to create a pattern of wider strips at the bottom and then split and twisted into smaller strips at the top. A double row of small openings, created by twists in the leaf, runs horizontally across center section of fan. The top edge of the fan is irregular with four crown-like extensions.
fans (costume accessories)
leaf (plant material)
Fan
Original To Stephen Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
21 3/8 x 13 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3680
Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Vol. II, No. 1; google books
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