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Subjects

As widely used objects, fans appear in Sāmoa in many different design variations. Frequently represented in collections are fans with a wooden handle braided with strips of coconut leaves, which also form the fan leaf. Text: Ulrich Menter

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Fächer
Dimensions
Width: 29 cm
Height: 43 cm
Material/Technique
Coconut leaf fibre, Wood braided
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
023191

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Linden; 0503b
  • Production
    when
    before 1880
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Samoa
Provenance
According to the inventory book, the object is part of the Digel Collection, which was acquired in 1880 in Sāmoa. Graf von Linden donated this collection to the museum in 1902. Text: Ulrich Menter

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