Balsa wood fan

Made:
1880-1925 in Nigeria
Balsa wood fan, roughly oval, long handle with bulbous end

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Balsa wood fan, roughly oval, long handle with bulbous end
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Balsa wood fan, roughly oval, long handle with bulbous end, both sides have elaborate patterns incised into wood, Ibibio tribe, Southern Nigeria, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651144
Materials:
balsa
Measurements:
height 676 mm
handle: height 300 mm
length 423 mm
thickness 26 mm
type:
fans

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