Folding fan

Museum number:
9-20354
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4515
Description:
Fan, folding, bamboo, handcarved; one-piece rib and blade, with open work leaf carvings throughout; ribs held in place by locking parts (without kanami [metal pin]); distal end of ribs connected by orange and white silk thread
Donor:
Maurice K. Schiffman
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Folding fan, accession number 9-20354, described as Fan, folding, bamboo, handcarved; one-piece rib and blade, with open work leaf carvings throughout; ribs held in place by locking parts (without kanami [metal pin]); distal end of ribs connected by orange and white silk thread
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Folding fan, accession number 9-20354, described as Fan, folding, bamboo, handcarved; one-piece rib and blade, with open work leaf carvings throughout; ribs held in place by locking parts (without kanami [metal pin]); distal end of ribs connected by orange and white silk thread

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