Miniature Fan Collection
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- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- paper; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0299 a-i
- Description
- Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) …
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- Title
- Miniature Fan Collection
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Material
- paper; wood
- Dimensions
- 14.5 cm
- Description
- Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) image of Japanese woman, bottom left, in 3/4 profile facing right, Japanese male, upper right, faces woman. Small mirror makes up one side of a suspended box. Both figures have bright red lips. (b) Male figure bottom left, looks upwards towards figure of Japanese woman, upper left. Mirror in shape of full moon in background is partially hidden by midground post bearing Japanese calligraphy. (c) Two Japanese males in 3/4 profile facing each other, dressed in official looking clothing. Both are mustached. Mirror appears as one side of street lantern in background. (d) Image of Japanese woman, upper right, looking left toward male who wields a fan in his right hand, the mirror is a part of fan. (e) image of two Japanese women bottom left, faces in 3/4 profile, man wearing helmet upper right. Half moon shaped mirror upper left. (f) Japanese woman lower left, in 3/4 profile. Man in upper right looking down. Mirror in upper left corner in shape of lantern. (g) Small round fan with scene painted on both sides. One side, similar to (a-d) shows male Japanese figure looking right toward female figure, upperight. Small mirror hangs on stand, upper right center. On reverse is red circle with blue, white, and purple cloud like background above yellow fan shape. . Green calligraphy, left center, framed by three consecutive frames. (h) small round fan with scene painted on both sides. On front is similar design to (b) with male figure looking up towards female figure. Round mirror. Same design on back as (g). (i) small round fan with small square mirror and man in lower left corner looking up at woman.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0299 a-i
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0267
- Description
- Mask of man with wide grimace, medium brown hardwood. Concave back has carved calligraphy and a single hole through which a cord would pass.
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 4.3 x 5.3 cm
- Description
- Mask of man with wide grimace, medium brown hardwood. Concave back has carved calligraphy and a single hole through which a cord would pass.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- travel
- souvenir
- collectable
- keepsake
- households
- miniatures
- figure
- face
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0267
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- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0268
- Description
- Demon mask in red lacquer with black eyes, gold on nose and black interior at back of mask, where there is a single hole for cord passage. Red and white label on back saying "H.S 32", generally worn and soiled. Has been cracked and repaired lower left jaw, hairline crack lower right jaw, lacquer l…
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- Title
- Netsuke
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 2.1 x 3.0 x 3.9 cm
- Description
- Demon mask in red lacquer with black eyes, gold on nose and black interior at back of mask, where there is a single hole for cord passage. Red and white label on back saying "H.S 32", generally worn and soiled. Has been cracked and repaired lower left jaw, hairline crack lower right jaw, lacquer loss on right temple.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- travel
- souvenir
- keepsake
- collectable
- households
- miniatures
- figure
- face
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0268
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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