Artifact Number:
 02137

Object:
Fan
ili

Material:
 plant (wood, fiber), metal, hair?

Dimensions:
 44.5 x 31 cm

Origin:
 Samoa, Polynesia

Comments:
  "Ili of a chief", shovel shaped, plaited blade, coconut leaf & midribs open weave strip off handle, hair braid sennit binding end to wood handle with ^^^ overlay. Wood handle has a metal band around sennit. Charles Reed Bishop purchased collection from J.S. Emerson.

This object is associated with JS Emerson

Collection Name: JS Emerson Collection

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