DepartmentAfrica

Fan

NameFan

Artist Artist Not Recorded

(not assigned)Africa

MediumGrass

Dimensions14 9/16 × 9 1/16 in. (37 × 23 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mrs. Anna Kliene, A.1968.32.33

Object numberA.1968.32.33

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionWoven grasses, red and purple zigzags with 2 horizontal green stripes. Very strongly woven. Flat, cup shaped, straight across the top. Top edge bound with strip of woven purple and red grass. Sides bound with overcast purple.

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