Mud Handled Fan (Ceremonial?)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2005
label: Collection Date
content: Late 1850s
name: label: Collector
content: John S. Brooks
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Candace Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: Fan. Half-circle shape. Frame is made of bent wood rings. Handle made of mud covered in paper, painted with red and green floral design. Surrounding the handle, numerous small bundles of twigs or narrow roots are stitched to the frame, radiating outward. Reverse looks almost identical. Handle is deeply cracked.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029672
label: USNM Number
content: E432172-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fan
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 48 cm
label: Width
content: 34 cm