Fan

Museum number:
9-13616
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013616
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Fan; grey goose feathers; black handle; red plastic reinforcement; 39 cm long including handle, 29 cm wide. China, Hong Kong (from Mainland China) Native name: Ngaw mo sin - goose feather fan Goose feathers, metal, plastic, bamboo Collector saw this in use both for personal cooling and for fanning charcoal. This fan is used for everyday. For richer people, fans were/are more elaborate with ivory handles. Origin: Mainland China.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 9-13616, described as Fan; grey goose feathers; black handle; red plastic reinforcement; 39 cm long including handle, 29 cm wide. China, Hong Kong (from Mainland China) Native name: Ngaw mo sin - goose feather fan Goose feathers, metal, plastic, bamboo Collector saw this in use both for personal cooling and for fanning charcoal. This fan is used for everyday. For richer people, fans were/are more elaborate with ivory handles. Origin: Mainland China.

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