Accession Number

991.022

Alternate Name

peacock fan

Description

One hand fan made from male peacock feathers. There are 11 large and 7 small tips of the blue and green 'eyes' glued in concentric circles with one in the centre attached to a backing of short cut-off ends of the stems of the feathers which are glued together horizontally. There is a long flattened wooden stick is tied with twine to the base for a handle. The bottom half of the handle is covered vertically with the cut-off white tips of the feathers and held on with loosely wrapped orange cotton string.

History of Use

Unknown

Date

circa 1905

Dimensions

41 x 1.5 cm
35.5 cm outside diameter

Material

Feather

Technique

Handmade