Woven fan

Museum number:
5-13076
Permalink:
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Description:
Hapking., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August 7, 1975. 5-13076, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Made from Duom palm leaves- black leaves dyed by boiling with leaves of Maui plant and soaking 4 days Context of use: Used for fanning fire or cooling oneself Description: Fan, square, plate weave, attached to stick handle, with herring bone weave of alternate black and natural color palm leaf strips. Handle 35 cm; Fan 20 x 20 cm.
Collection place:
Basuba, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya, Basuba, Boni
Culture or time period:
Aweer people
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
August 7, 1975.
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Woven fan, accession number 5-13076, described as Hapking., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August 7, 1975. 5-13076, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Made from Duom palm leaves- black leaves dyed by boiling with leaves of Maui plant and soaking 4 days Context of use: Used for fanning fire or cooling oneself Description: Fan, square, plate weave, attached to stick handle, with herring bone weave of alternate black and natural color palm leaf strips. Handle 35 cm; Fan 20 x 20 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Woven fan, accession number 5-13076, described as Hapking., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August 7, 1975. 5-13076, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Made from Duom palm leaves- black leaves dyed by boiling with leaves of Maui plant and soaking 4 days Context of use: Used for fanning fire or cooling oneself Description: Fan, square, plate weave, attached to stick handle, with herring bone weave of alternate black and natural color palm leaf strips. Handle 35 cm; Fan 20 x 20 cm.

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