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Date
1930 – 1940
Material
paper; wood
Catalogue Number
103.08.0413 a,b
Description
Two simple, painted Japanese fans, accordian pleats on wooden frames. (a) black bamboo vanes (8) with white pin. Accordian arc 9.0 cm across. Gold background, pink and yellow flowers, green foliage. Back of fan is speckled gold on white. (b) Natural bamboo vanes (8) with black pin. Accordian …
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Title
Miniature Fan
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
paper; wood
Dimensions
0.8 x 0.5 x 6.8 cm
Description
Two simple, painted Japanese fans, accordian pleats on wooden frames. (a) black bamboo vanes (8) with white pin. Accordian arc 9.0 cm across. Gold background, pink and yellow flowers, green foliage. Back of fan is speckled gold on white. (b) Natural bamboo vanes (8) with black pin. Accordian arc 9.0 cm across. White background, two kneeling men face each other, game table ? between. Man on left has on a dark kimono, the man on the right has on a grey kimono with red sash. Japanese writing and chop lower right of fan. Back of fan is speckled gold on white.
Subject
souvenir
Japanese
miniatures
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0413 a,b
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