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1925.23.68

Flag-shaped fan of plaited palm-leaf with handle lacquered in red and brown. [LKG 03/09/2009]

1925.23.68

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flag-shaped fan of plaited palm-leaf with handle lacquered in red and brown. [LKG 03/09/2009]
Long description
Flag-shaped fan of plaited palm-leaf with handle lacquered in red and brown. The main part of the fan is golden brown in colour and woven from thin strips of palm leaf. This is attached to the handle by means of thicker strips bound about the handle and worked into the weave of the fan. A short part of the handle is visible at the top, this is lacquered in red. At the bottom of where the fan is bound to the handle a second glimpse of red lacquer can be seen, this with three parallel lines incised, coloured golden brown. The part of the handle which can be held is lacquered in a dark brown and ends with three incised lines around which the lacquer appears to have worn away. The last 50 mm of the handle is lacquered in red and has been turned to a achieve a scrolled decorative effect. [LKG 03/09/2009]
Person
Field collector Admiral Digby
PRM source Mrs Digby
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1925
Date collected
By 1925
Acquisition information
Donated: 1925
Materials and processes
Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Plaited, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Basketry, Process Wicker Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 455 mm of fan, Width 242 mm, Length 500 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1925.23.68

Search terms: Fan, Fire, Basketry, Religion, Religious Object