Fan
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FAN WOVEN OF PALM LEAF FIBERS, WITH THE FAN PORTION ROUGHLY DIAMOND SHAPED. THE HANDLE IS QUITE NARROW AND WRAPPED THE ENTIRE LENGTH WITH A FINELY TWISTED AND BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER. EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3515-7. CAT. 3515, ORIG. 928. FAN, TONGA. COCONUT LEAF. WRAPPED WITH SENNIT TWINE. 17" TOTAL LENGTH. 6.5" HANDLE. 13" MAX. WIDTH. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM 6/24/41)."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated Fig. 17.2a, p. 262 and discussed p. 262 in Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 2019. "A Kato Mosi Kaka and other Treasures from Tonga from the US Exploring Expedition." In Collecting and Provenance: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. Milosch, Jane and Pearce, Nick, editors. 257–268. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Identified as i fan.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Sep 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3515-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fan
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 42.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 32.5 cm