Woman's black lace fan owned by members of the Ellis family

39.4 cm 23.5 cm 2.5 cm

Citation

A black lace and sequin fan with eighteen (18) black flat wooden ribs with a flat verso and carved or pressed designs on the front attached by black mesh leaves in an accordion fold between two decoratively carved guards that are flat on the verso and rounded on the front. The...

Artifact

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1
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2012.42.4
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Clara Ellis Payne
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CC0
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