Fire Fan

96-1-132

From: Venezuela | Chaparralito

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Painto
Object Number 96-1-132
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pume | Yaruro
Provenience Venezuela | Chaparralito
Culture Area Circum-Caribbean
Date Made 1980-1990
Section American
Materials Macanilla Palm Leaf Fiber | Macanilla Palm Leaf
Technique Twill Weave
Description

Flat twill woven fan with fringe on one end, tapers off to a knob at the other end. With a thin macanilla fiber string. Attached to 96-1-131/3. Made form Moriche palm leaf and fiber (Astrocaryum jauri).

Length 24.5 cm
Width 34 cm
Credit Line Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996
Other Number 1990-154 - Field No SF | 130 - Collector Number

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