Fan
- Museum number:
- 9-11593
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090011593
- Accession number:
- Acc.2697
- Description:
- Fire fan; plaited cane splints; rectangular; reinforced with bamboo section for handle. Height 33.7 cm, width 26.5 cm.
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
- Collection place:
- Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collector:
- Richard Lerner
- Collection date:
- 1968-1970
- Materials:
- Bamboo (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Plaited weaving
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- 1970
- Context of use:
- for fanning fire
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- width 26.5 centimeters and height 33.7 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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