- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- 'Preaching' fan [.1] and handle [.2].
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Burman
- Person
- Field collector Arthur Henry Finn
- PRM source Arthur Henry Finn
- PRM source Elizabeth Anne Finn
- PRM source Mary Anne Finn
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1888
- Date collected
- By 1888
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 11/1888
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Leaf, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 574 mm, Length: max 490 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1888.45.7.1 Accession number: 1888.45.7.2
- Research and responses
Mrs Finn must be his wife Mary Anne Finn or his mother Elizabeth Anne Finn, see biographies [AP 24/04/2014]
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