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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. This one has no handle. Text: Ulrich Menter

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Fächer
Dimensions
Breite: 26 cm, Höhe: 35 cm
Material/Technique
Coconut leaf fibre
braided
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
023318

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 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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