Fukusa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1880
name: label: Collector
content: Rear Admiral P. Crosby
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Frank P. Mitchell
notes: label: Notes
content: 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE FUKUSA. SCENE OF 3 FANS, EACH WITH A DIFFERENT SCENE: FLYING CRANES, AN OLDER COUPLE NEAR A PINE TREE, AND 3 TURTLES. ACCORDING TO PAUL TAYLOR, CURATOR OF ASIAN ETHNOGRAPHY, THE GENERAL SYMBOLISM IS OF LONGEVITY. BASE FABRIC IS DARK BLUE SATIN WEAVE SILK. HAND EMBROIDERY IN 2-PLY SILK, AND METALLIC THREAD. SATIN STITCH AND COUCHING. BORDER OF ORANGE-RED SILK (?) BACKING IS BLACK COTTON PLAIN WEAVE. TUBE OF COARSE BROWN COTTON, STUFFED WITH COTTON FIBER ADDED BETWEEN LINING AND BORDER. ATTACHED TO BRASS ROD AT THE TOP WITH BRASS RINGS.ALL BUT BORDER IN GOOD CONDITION. BORDER HAS SEVERAL AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT SHATTERING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 380502
label: USNM Number
content: E430433-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wrapping cloth
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object, W/ Out Rod
content: 68.5 cm
label: Length - Object, W/ Out Rod
content: 71 cm
label: Length - Rod
content: 68.5 cm