Fire Fan
96-1-133
From: Venezuela | Chaparralito
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Painto |
| Object Number | 96-1-133 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pume | Yaruro |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Chaparralito |
| Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
| Date Made | 1980-1990 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Macanilla Palm Leaf Fiber | Macanilla Palm Leaf |
| Technique | Twill Weave |
| Description | Flat twill woven fan with fringe on one end, tapers off to a knob at the other end. With a thin macanilla fiber string. Attached to 96-1-131/2. Made form Moriche palm leaf and fiber (Astrocaryum jauri). |
| Length | 25 cm |
| Width | 36.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996 |
| Other Number | 1990-154 - Field No SF | 131 - Collector Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.