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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- paper; wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0249 a-c
- Description
- Three small souvenir paper fans with wooden handles. (a) a palmate fan postcard, brown handled, image of Japanese woman bearing umbrella on face, obverse has place for message and address and stamp, foil bordered. (b) a polygon fan postcard with natural wood handle, one side of which shows speckli…
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- Title
- Hand Fan
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- paper; wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.7 x 18.7 cm
- Description
- Three small souvenir paper fans with wooden handles. (a) a palmate fan postcard, brown handled, image of Japanese woman bearing umbrella on face, obverse has place for message and address and stamp, foil bordered. (b) a polygon fan postcard with natural wood handle, one side of which shows speckling, image of elaborately coifed Japanese woman on face, inscription in calligraphy beside her combs. Obverse face provides space for address, message, and stamp. (c) a palmate fan, with black painted handle, image of two figures running from rainstorm on face, obverse with foil speckles. All three card fans have ribs scored in them.
- Subject
- households
- souvenir
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0249 a-c
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