Fan

Museum number:
11-14674
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3765
Description:
Fan, feathered, with handle; fan head circular with white, yellow, purple, pink and orange feathers around edge; feathers have been smashed in storage; center has polished tortoise shell disk; woven plant material (pandanus?) goes around disk, ties into it and each following row of twisted foundation element; handle same material; square bottom; goes to point where ties into disk center; handle material strips dyed pink, blue, yellow, purple, and orange. length - 32 cm (feathers included)
Donor:
Conrad Bentzen and Mary M. Bentzen
Collection place:
Pohnpei Island, Senyavin Islands, Pohnpei State
Culture or time period:
Micronesian and Pohnpeian
Collector:
Conrad Bentzen and Mary M. Bentzen
Materials:
Feathers and Tortoise shell
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 32 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 11-14674, described as Fan, feathered, with handle; fan head circular with white, yellow, purple, pink and orange feathers around edge; feathers have been smashed in storage; center has polished tortoise shell disk; woven plant material (pandanus?) goes around disk, ties into it and each following row of twisted foundation element; handle same material; square bottom; goes to point where ties into disk center; handle material strips dyed pink, blue, yellow, purple, and orange. length - 32 cm (feathers included)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 11-14674, described as Fan, feathered, with handle; fan head circular with white, yellow, purple, pink and orange feathers around edge; feathers have been smashed in storage; center has polished tortoise shell disk; woven plant material (pandanus?) goes around disk, ties into it and each following row of twisted foundation element; handle same material; square bottom; goes to point where ties into disk center; handle material strips dyed pink, blue, yellow, purple, and orange. length - 32 cm (feathers included)

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