Feather fan owned by Mary Church Terrell
date: label: Date
content: 1863-1954
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Mary Church Terrell, American, 1863 - 1954
notes: label: Description
content: Fan owned by Mary Church Terrell. The folding hand fan has plastic ribs with black feather decoration. There is minor shedding to the feathers. The plastic ribs have a tortoiseshell pattern. There is a tassel and string attached to the ring at the handle base.
place: label: Place collected
content: Highland Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mary Church Terrell Family Archive
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray and Jean Langston in memory of Mary Church and Robert Terrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2017.13.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: fans (costume accessories)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: feather, plastic, metal, string
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Fan folded and tassel not extended): 1 1/2 × 18 × 10 in. (3.8 × 45.7 × 25.4 cm)