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As widely used objects Samoan fans have been handed down in many different designs. Here the flat wooden handle was inserted into the round braided fan blade and fixed with a thread. Text: Ulrich Menter

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Fächer
Dimensions
Breite: 30.5 cm, Höhe: 46 cm
Material/Technique
Coconut leaf fibre, Hibiscus bast, Wood
braided
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
034943

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900

where
Samoa
who
Podestà, Hans - Collectors

when
1904
Provenance
From 1900 to 1902 Dr. Hans Podestà was a naval surgeon on the SMS Cormoran, which dropped anchor several times off Apia, Sāmoa, in both 1900 and 1901. It can be assumed that Podestà acquired the fan on one of these occasions in Sāmoa or Apia. Text: Ulrich Menter

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