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1890-1900
GUSN-40643
Long, narrow ebonized sandalwood sticks and guards, pierced and carved; black starched gauze leaf painted with white and gray floral sprays; steel [shell?] washers, metal ring.
fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
piercing
sandalwood (wood)
mourning
Sandalwood
Pierced
Carved
Painted
Mourning
FAN
1) Painted on left side of leaf: ""Delbay"". 2) Printed in pencil on underside of right guard: ""17809, no E 0/99 W"".
Possibly Delbay (Painter)
Gift of Mrs. Frederic A. Turner
1940.572
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