Palm Leaf Fan
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Oct 1944
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Hugh M. Smith
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Size: 27" x 26". Used by Buddhist priest (hapoongi) when preaching in the temple or at other ceremonies to shield his face so he will not see or be seen by women. Large palm leaf gathered at bottom to which a wooden handle is fastened at right angle. Margin of leaf, cut oval, is reinforced with strips of bamboo sewn to leaf. Handle of carved bamboo painted in red lacquer. Tat taun, 'fan' size, ya'qacit:"big fan", monk's fan. Used when traveling, carried on shoulder, under arm, or over head as rain or sunshade or held before face when meditating. Made from single leaf of pe:palm; side handle characteristic of monk's fan; bamboo handle painted in red lacquer. (Miss Onma Maw, Burma)"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Burma (Myanmar), Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Burmese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 168678
label: USNM Number
content: E383621-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fan
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 69 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 66 cm