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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1890-1920

GUSN

GUSN-50932

Description

Each of woven straw w/ palmette shaped fan on a bamboo shaft and wrapped handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
bamboo (material)
straw (plant material)
weaving
bamboo (material)
Bamboo
Straw
Woven
FAN

Inscription

Inscribed in ink on central support: ""PEW 43""

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

17.25 x 14 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.539.1

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