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