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1826-1850
GUSN-35027
Long, narrow carved tortoise shell sticks in Chinese design (figures and flowers); white feather leaf painted with flowers and butterfly in reds, white and grens and blues; single spray on reverse; tipped with marabou.
fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
feather (material)
painting (coating)
tortoise shell
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
feather (material)
Orientalism
Shell
Feather
Painted
Carved
Butterfly
Orientalism
FAN
Unknown
Gift of Miss Rosamond W. Wild
1932.841
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