fan (personal protection)

Tortoiseshell fan, finely carved. Brisé fan made of tortoiseshell blades with carved openwork decoration including a monogram at the centre: 'M. R.', and oval, circular, and quatrefoil motifs with geometric patterns within.The sticks are held together with brown ribbon along the top edge. They are also conntected with a copper alloy pin in the bottom, with a small ring of mother of pearl on either side of the pin.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
4413c
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
closed: 270 mm x 50 mm x 23 mm; open: 270 mm x 451 mm x 30 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
tortoiseshell; textile; copper alloy; mother of pearl
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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