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Flat FanN3.53

Flat fan made of finely-split bamboo flaring out from its attachment point to a long wooden handle painted black. Perimeter of fan is shaped like a double inverted U. The lower edge where the handle is attached is straight and at right angles to handle. Fan is covered with yellow lacquered paper on both sides. The area surrounding the handle on one side is covered with a black paper cut in a floral pattern, and the area immediately surrounding the handle is painted orange. The fan has a narrow edging of black paper. It is inserted into a split in the handle, which is flat and shaped like a pointed oval where it covers the fan, which is attached with a rivet.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, lacquer, paint and rice paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flat FanN3.52

Flat fan made of finely-split bamboo flaring out from its attachment point to a long wooden handle painted black. Perimeter of fan is circular except for the lower edge where the handle is attached, which is straight and at right angles to handle. Fan is covered with lacquered paper with a design of three swirls converging at the centre, coloured red, green, and yellow. It has a narrow edging of black paper. The fan is inserted into a split in the handle, which is flat and shaped like a pointed oval where it covers the fan, which is attached with two rivets. The shape of the handle is repeated with an outline of orange paint on the fan.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, lacquer, paint and rice paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flat FanN3.51

Large flat fan made of finely-split bamboo flaring out from its attachment point to a wooden handle painted black. Bamboo strips are bent downwards near the perimeter of fan, those on each side bending away from centre strip. Perimeter of fan is circular except for the lower edge where the handle is attached, which is straight and at right angles to handle. Fan is covered with brown oiled paper, with a narrow edging in black. The fan is inserted into a split in the handle, which is flat and shaped like a pointed oval where it covers the fan, which is attached with two rivets. The area surrounding the handle is covered on each side with a black paper cut in a floral pattern. The area immediately surrounding the handle is painted orange.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, oil ?, paint and rice paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan2600/30

Diamond-shaped fan woven from strips of vine. Made and used by women to fan the fire. Different kinds of bark were used to make a repeating V-shape geometric design.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan2600/29

Fan woven from strips of vine. Made and used by women to fan the fire. Two different kinds of bark were used to make a repeating V-shape geometric design. Fan has five sides.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Pimia River, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Folding FanN3.55

A closing fan made of twenty-six flat bamboo ribs lacquered dark brown with tapering end pieces of natural colour bamboo. Edges of the ribs curve inwards just below the point where they reach the paper cover of the fan, which is white. Fan is held together with a brass rivet that has a small ring on one side. Rivet is set into wooden ends of a slightly darker colour, which flare outward at the base.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, lacquer and adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.3187

Roughly rectangular paper fan with a wooden handle attached at the bottom. The front of the fan is divided vertically into a brown and cream-coloured halves, with the image of a brown fish featured on the cream side; a brown border rings both sides. Thin wooden ribs that protrude radially from the handle--sandwiched between two layers of paper--give the fan a ribbed texture.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, wood, ink and adhesive
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan1525/2

Flat, white-yellow, semicircular woven object with a brown shell at centre. Woven material is attached to the shell via fourteen holes bored through the shell's outer edge. Woven material has a long, fringed border.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
puku shell and coconut palm fibre
Made in
Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan1525/1

Flat, white-yellow, semicircular woven object with a brown shell at centre. Woven material is attached to the shell via ten holes bored through the shell's outer edge.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
puku shell and coconut palm fibre
Made in
Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan1493/2

Semicircular fan with six feather panels that are attached to leaf(?) handles. Feather panels are decorated with smaller blue and red feathers near their base. White fluffed feather material is found on each panel just below the blue and red feathers. Panels are connected to each other at the bottom by a brown coloured fibre wrapped metal rectangular loop. Loop has a red and white tassel hanging from the centre.

Culture
Brazilian
Material
feather, palm leaf ?, synthetic fibre and metal
Made in
Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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