Fan
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: "IIRI," FAN WOVEN OF COCONUT LEAF. THE BODY OF THE FAN IS COMPOSED OF SIMPLE TWILL WORK PLAITING. THE HANDLE IS TIGHTLY WRAPPED WITH A FINE BRAIDED COCONUT FIBER CORD. THIS OBJECT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE PACIFIC HALL, 1989 [exhibit dismantled in 2004]. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CAT. 3282, ORIG. 1893. FAN OF PALM LEAF, 13" FAN, PLUS 5.5" HANDLE WRAPPED WITH SENNIT BRAID. BLADE OF FAN 13" ACROSS. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)." "
label: Notes
content: Formerly on Exhibit in NMNH Pacific Cultures Exhibit Hall 8, Case 40, 1962 - 2004. Exhibit label identified this as a "commoner's fan."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3282-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fan
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 46 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 34 cm