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