Dark turtle hand fan

Unknow

Museu da Moda Brasileira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hand fan with nineteen dark turtle sticks, united by brown satin ribbon. Each stick is coated on the front by scintillating hummingbird feathers in the colors: green, copper, blue and violet. Handle and button on dark turtle.

Details

Title: Dark turtle hand fan
Creator: Unknow
Physical Dimensions: A 31.5 X Env 46.0 cm
Provenance: The earliest hand fans were made out of noble materials such as feathers, precious stones, leaves or parchment and later in fabric, lace, silk, painted bases, embroidered with sequins or gold or silver threads.
Type: Hand fan
Photographer: Caique Bellato
Rights: GOVERNO DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO / SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE CULTURA / FUNDAÇÃO ANITA MANTUANO DE ARTES DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO – FUNARJ / CASA DA MARQUESA DE SANTOS - MUSEU DA MODA BRASILEIRA
Medium: Turtle, feather, cotton, notch, montage, collage, satin

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