fan;
religious/ritual equipment
- Museum number
- Oc,LMS.124
- Description
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Fan handle/god image made of wood, phaethon feather, chicken feather(?), parrot feather and fibre. Of spatulate form with two short oval projections at the sides. One side of the upper end of the shaft has a precise zigzag design.
- Production date
- 18thC(late)-19thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 52 centimetres
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Width: 4.50 centimetres
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Depth: 3 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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22 LMS 292
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Hooper 2006
This handle had a simple spatulate form with two short oval projections at the sides, similar to those on the complete fan (no.216). One side of the upper end of the shaft has a precise zigzag design.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2006 21 May-13 Aug, Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Pacific Encounters
2015 9 July-19 Sept, London, SOAS Brunei Gallery, Missionaries and Idols in Polynesia
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,LMS.124
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1911C27.124 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1890,Loan (originally loaned to BM in 1890 by LMS)
