Fan

Description

Semi-elliptic fan of plaited pandanus leaf strips in openwork on a wooden frame lashed to a wooden handle: Polynesian, Samoa

Museum reference

A.1897.188.11

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Fan

Production information

Samoa, Samoan Islands, Polynesia

Materials

Pandanus leaf, Wood, Wood

Physical description

Plaited pandanus leaf strips on a wooden frame lashed to a wooden handle

Associations

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850 - 1894

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