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1946.12.33

Fan of woven palm leaf strips with a decorative design of dashed black lines woven in along the top edge and to the handle top. [LKG 01/10/2009]

1946.12.33

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fan of woven palm leaf strips with a decorative design of dashed black lines woven in along the top edge and to the handle top. [LKG 01/10/2009]
Long description
Fan of woven palm leaf strips with a decorative design of dashed black lines woven in along the top edge and to the handle top. The central point at the top of the fan has been woven in solid black dyed palm strips, as have the tops of the upright sides. The handle of the fan has been bound in plaited orange-brown ?sennit fibre which has been tied-off and knotted around one of the bottom strips of palm leaf. There is a prominent raised area on both sides of the fan where the concealed upper part of the handle has been woven over. At the bottom of the handle is a plaited loop of ?sennit fibre. [LKG 01/10/2009]
Geographical reference
Fiji
Oceania > Melanesia > Fiji
Viti Levu Island Serua
Person
Field collector George Kingsley Roth
PRM source George Kingsley Roth
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1934
Date collected
1934
Acquisition information
Donated: 1946
Materials and processes
Material Pandanus Plant, Material Coconut Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Material Sennit Coconut Seed Fibre Plant, Process Woven, Process Decorated, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Knotted, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Length 452 mm, Width 400 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.12.33

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