Fan

Museum number:
5-10183
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010183
Alternate number:
B-2232 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
fan; folding leather; tasseled handles; leather clasps; handle length 31.5 cm. fan radius 19 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ilesha, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ilesha; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 31.5 centimeters
Comment:
Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-6 (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 5-10183, described as fan; folding leather; tasseled handles; leather clasps; handle length 31.5 cm. fan radius 19 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 5-10183, described as fan; folding leather; tasseled handles; leather clasps; handle length 31.5 cm. fan radius 19 cm.

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