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Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 13804




Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 13804




Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 13804




Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 13804

Object description
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Object Name	Fan
Description	Oblong fur disc ,applied ornaments of red cotton fabric. Hair trim spotted. Sewn to wooden handle, which is stitched with leather. "... leatherworkers, who used to have their own ward. The fans ... are of cowskin or buckskin, decorated with shapes of red cloth, which is now bought in Lagos. The thread with which the cloth shapes are stitched to the fan is antelope skin. A hole is made with a spike before the stitching with the needle is done. the leatherworker uses scissors, which, he says, he has always had and, therefore, may have had them since the time of the first Portuguese contacts with Benin. The wooden handle, which is covered with skin, the craftsman fashions himself with an adze. (Dark 22). LIT Dark 1962: The Art of Benin. Chicago
Type	Household goods
Materials	Skin, Fabric, Wood
Size, Dimensions	Diameter: 41- 52 cm; Length: 70 cm (total)
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Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum	Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Museum Inv.-No	13804
Collector	William Ockelford Oldman; Dealer
Acquisition date	approx. 1910
Circumstances of acquisition	- […]: William Ockelford Oldman - […]: Städtisches Völkermuseum, Frankfurt; Purchase from William Ockelford Oldman

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ID	1214
last Change	2022-02-03 11:42:17
License	Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

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