Fan Item Number: N2.686 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Paper hand fan with a bifurcated bamboo handle, bamboo ribs, a flaring trapezoid-shape with one curved edge, and yellow trim. The design consists of a painted image in brown, yellow, orange, brown, blue and black depicting a figure with a hat sitting in a boat on water. White silk woven ribbon tied at handle cleft.
Item History
- Made in Japan
- Collected between 1957 and 1959
- Owned by Anne M. Smith before 1968
- Received from Anne M. Smith (Donor) during 1968
What
- Name
- Fan
- Identification Number
- N2.686
- Type of Item
- fan
- Material
- paper, bamboo grass, watercolour paint and silk fibre
- Overall
- height 39.6 cm, width 27.5 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
- between 1957 and 1959
- Ownership Date
- before 1968
- Acquisition Date
- during 1968
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0123/0032