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As widely used objects of daily use Samoan fans have been handed down in many different designs. 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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Cataloguing data

Object type
Fächer
Dimensions
Width: 24 cm
Height: 47 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Coconut leaf fibre, Hibiscus bast braided
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
029894

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Fellmann; 0563
  • Production
    when
    around 1900
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Samoa
Provenance
The missionary Heinrich Fellmann (1871-1941) donated this fan to the museum in 1903 as part of a larger collection. Together with his wife Johanna Class, Fellmann lived in Raluana, New Britain, from 1897 to 1912. Here he maintained close contacts with the planter Richard Parkinson and his Samoan-American wife Phoebe Parkinson, as well as with her sister, the entrepreneur Emma Kolbe (1850-1914), also known as "Queen Emma". It is quite probable that the Samoan objects in the collection can be traced back to Fellmann's relationship with Queen Emma and the Parkinsons. A more precise provenance of the objects in the collection is not yet known. Text: Ulrich Menter

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