A Priest's Fan (Tah-La:-Pat)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: Fan formerly numberd ET1471 was identified by Lisa McQuail as E27267 in 1997. Reference: Fig. 50 and 52 on pp. 68-69 of Lisa McQuail. 1997. Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America. Washington, DC: Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution. Prayer fan featuring Emblem of State.
label: Notes
content: Catalogue card for the T number indicates the fan was conserved in 1975. It also references a 1977 publication: Vierra, Sandra G. "Conservation of a Fan" in Journal of American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 16:2 February, pp. 3 - 11. Description of fan from card for ET1471: "Body of fan is green silk embroidered in gold with three-headed elephant symbol in center. Back is of pink silk embroidered with silver flowers. Handle is of ivory with tassel attached to carved knob at end. Where fan joins handle at top, ivory is intricately carved with pagoda figures."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005318
label: USNM Number
content: E27267-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fan
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 98 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 40 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 97 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 39.4 cm