Fire Fan

96-1-190

From: Venezuela | Doro Ana

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Painto
Object Number 96-1-190
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pume | Yaruro
Provenience Venezuela | Doro Ana
Culture Area Circum-Caribbean
Creator Dionisia
Date Made 1980-1993
Section American
Materials Moriche Palm Leaf
Technique Twill Weave
Description

Flat twill woven fan with fringe on one end, tapers off to a knob at the other end. Made form Moriche palm leaf (Mauritia flexuosa).

Length 15 cm
Width 27.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996
Other Number 1992/3-422 - Field No SF | 188 - Collector Number

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