fan, peacock feather with wood & wire; 40 cm. length; 31 cm. width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Feather (material) and Wood (plant material) (peacock feathers glued towood frame in circle; handle is wood, with wire wrapped around it)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
used as fan in warm weather, by men or women; held in hand, waved back and forth;
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 40 centimeters and width 31 centimeters
Loans:
S1979-1980 #30: University of California Library (December 11, 1979–January 3, 1980) and S1979-1980 #35: University of California, Santa Cruz (January 4, 1980–March 3, 1980)