Fire Fan
96-1-138
From: Venezuela | Doro Ana
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Painto |
Object Number | 96-1-138 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pume | Yaruro |
Provenience | Venezuela | Doro Ana |
Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
Creator | Rufina |
Date Made | 1980-1992 |
Section | American |
Materials | Moriche Palm Leaf | Moriche Palm Leaf Fiber |
Technique | Twill Weave |
Description | Flat twill woven fan with fringe on one end, tapers off to a knob at the other end. Attached to 96-1-137/139 with thin moriche fiber string. Made form Moriche palm leaf and fiber (Mauritia flexuosa). |
Length | 22.5 cm |
Width | 29 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996 |
Other Number | 1992/3-20 - Field No SF | 136 - Collector Number |
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