Balsa wood fan

Balsa wood fan, roughly oval, long handle with bulbous end

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Balsa wood fan, roughly oval, long handle with bulbous end
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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
type:
fans