Object Number | 93-5-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Rarotonga | Cook Islands |
Date Made | 1964 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Shell | Plant Fiber |
Description | Large mother of pearl shell (bivalve) carved into round fan shape with handle at bottom. Twelve holes pierced around circumference through which is attached a 2 cm. wide band of woven palm (?) fiber, with a circa 14 cm long fringe. Fringe slightly damaged: some fibers broken off at center. |
Height | 13.2 cm |
Width | 10.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Joan Davis, 1993 |
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