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1886.1.246

Fan with split bamboo handle and circular central section of palm leaf. Painted with red, green and dark blue foliate designs and edged with textile. [LKG 03/09/2009]

1886.1.246

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fan with split bamboo handle and circular central section of palm leaf. Painted with red, green and dark blue foliate designs and edged with textile. [LKG 03/09/2009]
Long description
Fan with split bamboo handle and circular central section of palm leaf. Painted with red, green and dark blue foliate designs and edged with textile. The handle is roughly cut and the circular fan of palm leaf is attached to one end of the handle . The palm leaf is of a golden yellow in colour, and is characterised by several raised natural folds. These have been decorated with painted motifs. At the point where the folds meet, where the fan is attached to the handle, strips of dark blue have been painted to run parallel with the folds. These strips are followed by dashes in green, which in turn are followed by alternating dark blue and red flower-like designs. Around the outer edge of the palm leaf parallel lines in dark blue have been painted. The palm leaf section has been trimmed with a strip of ?muslin textile, which precedes a wider border of material which is itself edged with parallel lines of silver foil. At the upper side of the handle, where the palm leaf section of the fan is attached, the end part of the material used to trim the palm leaf is evident with a striped pattern of red and blue lines on a cream ground. [LKG 03/09/2009]
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1875
Date collected
?On or before 1875
Acquisition information
Transferred: 08/03/1886
Materials and processes
Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Pigment, Material Silver Foil Metal, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Muslin Textile, Process Plaited, Process Painted, Process Woven, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length 535 mm, Width 315 mm, Diameter: max 262 mm of painted central section of palm leaf
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.246
Research and responses

Please note that there is no further information about Chambers on the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities [L.Ph 23/3/2004]

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