Fan Item Number: N2.691 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Paper hand fan with a bamboo handle, bamboo ribs, and a flaring trapezoid-shape. The design consists of a painted image in light blue, pink, grey, white, yellow and black depicting a man waving a fan in the air surrounded by Japanese inscriptions. Seal in red in bottom left-hand corner. Light brown paper border around edge and at handle base. The reverse is stamped "44" in the lower right corner.
Item History
- Made in Japan
- Collected during 1959
- Owned by Anne M. Smith before 1968
- Received from Anne M. Smith (Donor) during 1968
What
- Name
- Fan
- Identification Number
- N2.691
- Type of Item
- fan
- Material
- paper, bamboo grass and watercolour paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- painted, cut and glued
- Overall
- height 35.2 cm, width 20.0 cm, depth 0.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Anne M. Smith
- Received from
- Anne M. Smith (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Collection Date
- during 1959
- Ownership Date
- before 1968
- Acquisition Date
- during 1968
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0123/0037