Fan, sheer ivory silk single face, three birds in wisteria bush painted and embroidered on, ribs ivory, parent ribs heavy carved with chrysanthemums, ivory silk cord and tassel, 36.2 cm. Native name: “Zooge-ogi.”
Donor:
Maurice K. Schiffman
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #71: San Jose State University (March 23, 1973–April 13, 1973)