Basketry fan

Museum number:
3-530
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030000530
Alternate number:
12 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.172
Description:
Fan, palm fiber, woven, square; triangular handle with dividing brace at center; width: 20.0 cm, length (overall): 41.0 cm. Used for fanning charcoal in cooking fires.
Donor:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Collector:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Palm fiber (woven palm fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Fans (costume accessories)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1905
Context of use:
Used for fanning charcoal in cooking fires.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry fan, accession number 3-530, described as Fan, palm fiber, woven, square; triangular handle with dividing brace at center; width: 20.0 cm, length (overall): 41.0 cm. Used for fanning charcoal in cooking fires.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry fan, accession number 3-530, described as Fan, palm fiber, woven, square; triangular handle with dividing brace at center; width: 20.0 cm, length (overall): 41.0 cm. Used for fanning charcoal in cooking fires.

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