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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: 26.5 cm, Höhe: 50 cm
Material/Technique
Coconut leaf fibre, Hibiscus bast, Wood, Plant fibre
braided
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
023321

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900

where
Samoa
who
Solf, Wilhelm Heinrich - Collectors

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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