Title
Brise Fan
Mediumivory
Dimensions7 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (18.4 × 26.7 cm)
Object number00.180.17
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionThis fan is a small Brise Fan. It is made of ivory sticks and has holes for a ribbon to be threaded threw it to hold the sticks together. Each stick has intricate pierced and cut designs. There are three circular patterns cut into the sticks, that are four sticks wide, that can be seen when the fan is open.On View
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