large wooden fan box. Gumpai fan; etched metal with cut-out designs on butterflies and dragonflies; black lacquer handle; faded orange silk cord with tassel; length 50.5 cm; width 23.5 cm; a) fan; b) box base; c) lid
Donor:
Maurice K. Schiffman and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1909 and 1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1983-1984 #22: Mills College (October 30, 1983–December 15, 1983)