Fixed fan

Museum number:
9-8079
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2414
Description:
Fan; palm (?) leaves; round, with round bamboo handle with the end crushed; 47 x 71.1 cm. Very old and brittle. Native name: Higasa-uchiwa. This fan was used as a hat, parasol and fan.
Donor:
Maurice K. Schiffman
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fixed fans
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Fixed fan, accession number 9-8079, described as Fan; palm (?) leaves; round, with round bamboo handle with the end crushed; 47 x 71.1 cm. Very old and brittle. Native name: Higasa-uchiwa. This fan was used as a hat, parasol and fan.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Fixed fan, accession number 9-8079, described as Fan; palm (?) leaves; round, with round bamboo handle with the end crushed; 47 x 71.1 cm. Very old and brittle. Native name: Higasa-uchiwa. This fan was used as a hat, parasol and fan.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Fixed fan, accession number 9-8079, described as Fan; palm (?) leaves; round, with round bamboo handle with the end crushed; 47 x 71.1 cm. Very old and brittle. Native name: Higasa-uchiwa. This fan was used as a hat, parasol and fan.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fixed fan, accession number 9-8079, described as Fan; palm (?) leaves; round, with round bamboo handle with the end crushed; 47 x 71.1 cm. Very old and brittle. Native name: Higasa-uchiwa. This fan was used as a hat, parasol and fan.

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