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Subjects
As widely used objects, fans appear in Sāmoa in many different design variations. Frequently represented in collections are fans with a wooden handle, the upper end of which is braided with strips of coconut leaves, which also form the fan leaf. Text: Ulrich Menter
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Fächer
Dimensions
Breite: 31 cm, Höhe: 52
cm
Material/Technique
Coconut leaf fibre, Hibiscus bast, Wood, Plant fibre
braided
braided
Current location
Linden-Museum
Stuttgart
Inventory number
023320
Provenance and sources
when
around 1900
where
Samoa
when
1902
Provenance
The object is
part of an extensive donation by Wilhelm Solf (1862-1936), who was a
colonial official in Sāmoa from 1898 and was governor of the colony of
German Samoa from 1900 to 1910. The exact circumstances of the
acquisition by Solf are not yet known. Text: Ulrich
Menter
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