Fan Item Number: N2.673 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rounded paper hand fan with a bamboo handle. One side of the fan features a painted underwater scene with grey and orange fish, light blue water and stylized green plants; black characters and a red stamp appear to one side. Backside of fan is plain.
Narrative
Collected by the paper making library & museum, Tokyo, between 1957 and 1959.
Item History
- Made in Japan
- Collected between 1957 and 1959
- Owned by Paper Making Library & Museum
- Owned by Anne M. Smith before October 1968
- Received from Anne M. Smith (Donor) during October 1968
What
- Name
- Fan
- Identification Number
- N2.673
- Type of Item
- fan
- Material
- paper, bamboo grass and watercolour paint ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- glued, painted and cut
- Overall
- height 36.0 cm, width 24.0 cm, depth 1.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Paper Making Library & Museum and Anne M. Smith
- Received from
- Anne M. Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Collection Date
- between 1957 and 1959
- Ownership Date
- before October 1968
- Acquisition Date
- during October 1968
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0153/0006