Lava Lava, hand held fan
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 22 Mar 2010
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Joshua A. Bell
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Donor notes: Hand held fan consisting of a frame covered in brightly-colored [acrylic] yarn, attached to a handle made of sago. The fan is made of several spokes (made of ini miki, a cane variety) radiating out from the fan's centre. Different coloured yarn (black, aqua blue, white, red, navy blue, orange, royal blue, green and pink) is wrapped around these spokes, [and attached] around the edges of fan [is a row of] chicken feathers. The lava lava was introduced to the region by Samoan pastors, who were working for the London Missionary Society. Today members of the United Church's (formerly the London Missionary Society) women's group produce these fans. Individuals, such as Varia Miki (who was born in 1936 to clan Ikiaiaronairu and made this particular fan) make these fans for personal use, as gifts and to sell in the Baimuru market or during sport games. This fan was made for sale and has not been used, and was given to Joshua A. Bell as a gift.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 May 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Aikavalavi section of Mapaio village, Purari Delta, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: I'ai (Purari)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2058626
label: USNM Number
content: E435172-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fan
physicalDescription: label: Total Length
content: 35.5 cm
label: Width
content: 26 cm
label: Length - Frame
content: 17 cm
label: Length - Handle
content: 17.5 cm