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Fan "ili" ·  Samoa · ID: 3051131

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Provenance
Baron C. von Vignau, Germany (coll. in situ, 1902 - 1905)
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
Size
H: 58 cm
H: 22.8 inch

Description

wood, coconut and pandanus leafs,

This fan comes from the estate of Baroness von Vignau, as evidenced by an old collection label.

Finely crafted fans such as this were prestige objects in Samoa. An almost identical work is shown in Kaeppler, 2010, p. 262, fig. 201 top left.


The object Fan “ili” with the object ID 3051131 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 336.

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Comparing literature

Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 262, ill. 201


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