Skip to main content
On View
Not on view

Fixed Hand Fan

Date1923
Terms
  • Fans
  • Bone
  • Parchment
  • Paint
  • Java
Dimensions17.77 × 30.46 cm (7 × 12 in.)
MarkingsLabel on file, "Fan/ From Wilaveden/ Java, 1923."
Credit LineFixed Hand Fan, Indonesia, 19th century. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Mrs. Joanna Ballou Savery; 1995.20.35.
Object number1995.20.35
DescriptionFlat fan, featuring a double-sided parchment body with scalloped edge, painted in elaborate gilt design. At center, gold and blue image of a bird. The parchment is also embellished with elaborate pieced wokr. The parchment is supported by a bone handle and frame. Bone handle and frame. 1995.20.1-.197: fan collection.
Collections
  • Historic Clothing
Object number: F520
Late 1600s to Early 1700s
Fixed Hand Fan
Object number: 1995.20.34
1923
Fixed Hand Fan
Object number: 1995.20.36
Early 1900s
Fixed Hand Fan
Object number: 1995.20.73
1800s
Fixed Hand Fan
Object number: 1995.20.108
1918