- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Round fan.
- Long description
- Round fan. The wire frame and handle are covered with raffia and radial strings of twisted raffia form the warps for weaving. A swirling design in red and natural raffia is woven on these warps in the manner of slit tapestry, the broad slits forming an important part of the design.
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1952
- Date collected
- 1952
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1997
- Materials and processes
- Material Raffia Leaf Plant, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Metal, Material Pigment, Process Tapestry Woven, Process Dyed, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Diameter 170 mm, Length 270 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1997.11.59 Other numbers: ITAL 13.
1997.11.59
Round fan.
1997.11.59
Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
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