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Fire fan

2 braided fire fans (file B) Fire fan in stepped braiding of natural-coloured raffia strips with braided raffia handle to which a thin twisted plant fibre cord is attached (file W)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Arawaken (Arawak, Aruak)
Object type
Fire fan
Dimensions
Width: 16 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Width: 27 cm
Material/Technique
Bast , String (plant fibre)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 7617 b

Provenance and sources

where
Suriname [Land/Region]
who
Warao
Kariben
Arawaken (Arawak, Aruak)
who
Rijks Ethnographisch Museum Leiden - Former Possessors

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