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Fan, coloured stripes

As widely used objects, fans appear in Sāmoa in many different design variations. Elaborately made fans made of dyed hibiscus bast are a development of the 19th century. Text: Ulrich Menter

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Fächer
Dimensions
Breite: 32 cm, Höhe: 59 cm
Material/Technique
Hibiscus bast, Wood, Plant fibre, Pigment
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
023314

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 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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