Fan

Museum number:
9-17605
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090017605
Accession number:
Acc.4029
Description:
Fan: folding, glazed black paper mount, obverse painted w/blossoms and birds in grey & silver; b;ack dyed bamboo sticks, guards painted w/crescent moons & flowers, reverse. has random silver lines; black ribbon loop added later. Japan attr. (fide Grace Grayson). Ca. 1900; old tag says "Great Grandmother Montell 1890". 43.7 cm by 23.9 cm.
Donor:
Betty Hoffman and Roy Hoffman
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Fan, accession number 9-17605, described as Fan: folding, glazed black paper mount, obverse painted w/blossoms and birds in grey & silver; b;ack dyed bamboo sticks, guards painted w/crescent moons & flowers, reverse. has random silver lines; black ribbon loop added later. Japan attr. (fide Grace Grayson). Ca. 1900; old tag says "Great Grandmother Montell 1890". 43.7 cm by 23.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Fan, accession number 9-17605, described as Fan: folding, glazed black paper mount, obverse painted w/blossoms and birds in grey & silver; b;ack dyed bamboo sticks, guards painted w/crescent moons & flowers, reverse. has random silver lines; black ribbon loop added later. Japan attr. (fide Grace Grayson). Ca. 1900; old tag says "Great Grandmother Montell 1890". 43.7 cm by 23.9 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 9-17605, described as Fan: folding, glazed black paper mount, obverse painted w/blossoms and birds in grey & silver; b;ack dyed bamboo sticks, guards painted w/crescent moons & flowers, reverse. has random silver lines; black ribbon loop added later. Japan attr. (fide Grace Grayson). Ca. 1900; old tag says "Great Grandmother Montell 1890". 43.7 cm by 23.9 cm.

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