Fan made of hilüa spathe with a length of fabric wrapped around the handle. Used for fanning a fire when cooking or sometimes for fanning the face. [LKG 04/09/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fan made of hilüa spathe with a length of fabric wrapped around the handle. Used for fanning a fire when cooking or sometimes for fanning the face. [LKG 04/09/2009]
Long description: Fan made of hilüa spathe with a length of fabric wrapped around the handle. Used for fanning a fire when cooking or sometimes for fanning the face. The fan has an overall slight curvature, with the concave side of the fan showing the natural texture of the plant spathe. On this side the form of the handle can be seen - the spathe has been cut so that where the fan narrows into the handle the excess below the fan section has been folded in and bound with textile. This folded and bound section provides a slightly rounded and stronger handle. The textile material is of a grubby white in colour and has been wound around the handle six times and finally knotted. The base of the handle has been cut into a point. [LKG 04/09/2009]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Nicobar Islands
Person: Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1886
Date collected: Before 1886
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes: Material Plant Spathe, Material Textile, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Carved, Process Bent, Process Bound, Process Woven, Process Tied, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Width 190 mm, Length: max 478 mm including handle
Object numbers: Accession number: 1887.11.18 Other numbers: 47
Research and responses: On the donor card it says 'The Nicobar collections came in two ways 1. via the University Museum transfer in 1886 and via General Pitt Rivers own collections ... Donations volume 1 pages 12 - 15 which lists those objects given by Man to the University Museum and then transferred to PRM in 1886; with retrospective numbers', all objects need to be carefully matched against entries and where uncertain both Objects PRM and the PR catalogue entries examined to ensure the right entry has been chosen [AP 2/9/99]
The label for this object was numbered by AP in 1999 and the object physically numbered by [ZM 12/10/2004]

Search terms: Fan, Food and Drink, Fire, Basketry, Food Accessory