fan

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Object Type
Museum number: As1960,10.91
Description: Palmleaf (Borassus flabellifer) fan with long plain handle. Pleated and kidney-shaped fan, painted green on one side and red on the other; both sides decorated with small painted flowers, and two lines painted in between the sewn borders.
Production date: 19thC
Production place: Made in: India (pre-1947) (South); Made in: Chennai
Findspot: Found/Acquired: India (South); Found/Acquired: Chennai
Materials
Technique: painted; pleated; sewn; carved
Dimensions: Height: 86 centimetres; Weight: 300 grammes; Depth: 60 centimetres
Curator's comments: Label: 'Broad fan painted made of Borassus flabelliformis. Madras. Dr. Bidie.' Reverse of label: 'No. 8 1881'. Register comment: 'Made from the leaf of Palmyra palm - Borassus flabellifer. Madras. India.'
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1960
Department: Asia
Registration number: As1960,10.91

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