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Folding Fan

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-50469

Description

Carved ivory sticks and guards; white satin leaf with tiny flowers of purple, blue, pink and white; arched metal loop.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
carving (processes)
ivory (tooth component)
satin
silk (textile)
Fan, Hand
Fan, Hand

Inscription

Handwritten inside guard in pencil: ""EOY / - / MXY"".

Associated Building

Used At Jethro Coffin House,

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.519

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