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FanN2.692

Paper hand fan with a bifurcated bamboo handle, bamboo ribs, a flaring trapezoid-shape, and brown trim. One side of the fan features a design with eyebrows, eyes and mouth forms printed in blue, black, and red, with black characters to one side. A short length of white cord is attached to the handle.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, bamboo grass, ink, fibre and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.689

Paper hand fan with a bifurcated bamboo handle, bamboo ribs, a flaring trapezoid-shape, and orange trim. One side of the fan features the image of a man with a poll standing on a raft with a black character and a red stamp to one side. A short length of orange cord is attached to the handle.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, bamboo grass, ink, fibre and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.674

Paper hand fan with a bifurcated bamboo handle, bamboo ribs, a flaring trapezoid-shape, and orange trim. One side of the fan features an image of a man seated in a boat. A short length of orange cord is tied to the handle.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, paper, fibre, watercolour paint and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.694

Round paper hand fan with a bamboo handle. One side of the fan features a bird perched on a willow tree. Grey and yellow on white ground. Plain back.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, paper and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.686

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.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, bamboo grass, watercolour paint and silk fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan406/4

Fan with celluloid ribs that are decorated with paint and metal discs in a floral motif. Fabric is gauze and is decorated with embroidered sequins in a repeating leaf and wavy line pattern. Different areas are created with a second layer of tighter gauze stitched on in some places. Top edge of fabrics is decorated with looped thread along the its length. Fan has a tapered, four-sided ivory coloured box with gold detailing for storage.

Culture
Spanish ?
Material
celluloid plastic, fibre, metal and paint
Made in
Spain ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan1060/67

Semicircular fan of folded leaf with triangular decoration in grass around edge. Handle is made of the branch of the leaf with the leaf bent around the end and then tied off at one edge to length of handle with two loops of grass.

Culture
South India
Material
leaf, wood ? and grass
Made in
Goa, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan1461/9

A light brown woven fan with a triangular shape and an embedded handle. There are two sets of coloured rows which curve along the sides from the bottom which cross at the top. The outer rows are purple and green. The inner rows are green, purple, and green. The handle has six alternating square rows of green in the middle.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian ?
Material
fibre and paint
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan1461/10

A light brown flat woven fan. The fan comes to a point at the top and angles down to a point at each side where it tapers down at an angle to the embedded handle.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian ?
Material
fibre
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan1234/2

A light brown coloured fan woven out of plant fibres. The bottom of the fan curves around to a point at both sides and then curves up to a point at the top. Half of the fan is concave, and the other half of the fan is convex. The design is that of a darker black plant fibre having eight alternating rows emanating at a curve from the embedded handle point. The handle is wrapped around with an orange-brown braided plant fibre rope.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian ?
Material
plant fibre and bark ?
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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