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1840
GUSN-29278
Ivory serpentine shaped sticks and guards, pierced, carved and inlaid with gilt; ivory paper leaf, hand colored lithograph pictures; classical figures on one side, 17th C. figures on reverse; tipped with gray marabou feathers; mother of pearl washer.
fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
gilding
inlay (process)
ivory (tooth component)
lithography
feather (material)
paper (fiber product)
piercing
Fan, Hand
Fan, Hand
Unknown
Gift of Miss Mary Wheelwright
1921.18
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