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Rigid Fan

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-52985

Description

Turned wood handle, laced to leaf with white silk ribbon; rigid, round straw leaf woven in diamond pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (equipment)
accessories
silk (textile)
straw (plant material)
turning (shaping process)
palm fiber
wood (plant material)
weaving
Fan, Hand
Fan, Hand

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1942.357

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