|
Date: |
|
Description: | A fan made of white feathers into which the ends of peacock feathers have been set, forming a fringe. The white feathers are decorated with a painted design of flowers in red, blue, green and gold. On the obverse there is a scene of two ladies under a tree in silver, gold, blue, green and red. On the reverse, there is a similar design but without the human figures. The slats are made of thin ivory carved in filigree and joined at the base by a metal ring. A green plaited thread loop with endless knot is attached to the metal ring and at the end of the thread are two tassels composed of glass and metal beads and orange and lime-green threads. Thjis object was possibly made for the tourist market.
caption: General view of object no. 1970.262b. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | fans (personal protection) ivory Fans feather Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-68342 | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
fan
See Valery M. Garrett 1997…
-
-
fan
Silver filigree with blue, green…
-
nightcap
white linen man's nightcap, embroidered…
-
-
-
-
fan
white feather fan; wooden guards…
-
collar
Good Templar ceremonial collar. Scarlet…
-
collar
Good Templar ceremonial collar. Scarlet…
|