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Description: | Large basketry fan, made using plaited plant fibre. The head of the fan is folded in half around a cylindrical wooden pole, which acts as the fans handle. Each half of the fan head is a thin sheet of woven fibre, in a trapezium shape with a rounded bottom. The fan is plaited in a zig-zag pattern of naturally coloured fibres. The pole is wooden and is painted in red banding sections.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn14652
caption: Detail view of handle of Horniman Museum object no nn14652
caption: General view of label of Horniman Museum object no nn14652 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood plant fibre fans (personal protection) plant fiber paint Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-130203 | Go to resource |
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