1899.62.455

Collection type

Object

Description

Fan with wooden handle bound with hair and strips of palm leaf into a pattern of spiraled squares. [LKG 28/09/2009]

Long description

Fan with wooden handle bound with hair and strips of palm leaf into a pattern of spiraled squares. The fan head is roughly triangular, with the point upwards and the two upper sides curved to the point. The edges of these curved sides have been woven in a close and regular pattern which contrasts to the weave on the rest of the fan. This gives the fan a border and increased strength. The handle is made from a length of dark brown wood which has been smoothed and its edges rounded. The top of the handle is bound with a length of tightly plaited ?human hair. This covers approximately 70 mm at the top of the handle, and a length of the plaited hair has been tied to the fan and appears as an 'X' where it has been crossed over and looped through the fan's weave. [LKG 28/09/2009]

Geographical reference

Samoa

Oceania > Polynesia > Samoa

Niue

Oceania > Polynesia > Niue

Person

Field collector H.A. Tufnell

Field collector Henry Archibald Tufnell

Field collector Sir William MacGregor

PRM source Henry Anson

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1899

Date collected

By 1899

Acquisition information

Donated: 1899

Materials and processes

Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Hair, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Basketry, Process Woven, Process Carved

Dimensions

Length 551 mm, Width 216 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1899.62.455

Search terms: Fan