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FanEd5.1517

Paper hand fan with a bifurcated bamboo handle, bamboo ribs, a flaring trapezoid-shape, and light yellow trim. The design consists of a painted image in grey, brown and blue depicting a landscape, a boat and a person. Seal with single character in red in bottom right corner. Yellow paper border around edge and at handle base. Flat orange silk cord inserted through cleft in handle.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, watercolour paint, adhesive and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1462

Folding paper fan with tan bamboo ribs. Both sides of the fan are covered with white paper and has a painted circular design on the front and back. A white plastic pin holds the ribs together at one end.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, adhesive, ink, plastic and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1459

Folding fan with thirty-two inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. One side covered with white paper, the other covered with white paper with a faint blue band at top and bottom; sparkly surface and painted design of two fish in brown and black. Inscription near right edge of three characters in black and two seals in red. Rivet is black plastic.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, plastic, paint, adhesive and paper
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's Flat FanEd1.182

A small flat inverted u-shaped fan on a frame of very fine split bamboo radiating from the handle at the centre of the flat edge. Both sides are covered with paper, and are lacquered in red, green, black, and yellow with a red panel at the top, and a triple swirl pattern in yellow, red, and green at the centre. There is a black design resembling a paper cut near the handle area. Handle is straight, painted red, and split where the fan is inserted.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, lacquer, paint and rice paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flat FanEd1.181

A flat fan made of finely-split bamboo flaring out from its attachment point to a long wood handle painted black. Perimeter of fan is circular except for the lower edge where the handle is attached which is straight and at right angles to the handle. Fan is covered with lacquered paper that has a design of three swirls converging at the centre coloured red, green, and yellow. It has a narrow edging of black paper. The fan is inserted into a split in the handle which is flat and lozenge-shaped where it covers the fan which is attached with two rivets. The shape of the handle is repeated with an outline of orange paint on the fan.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, lacquer, paint and rice paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1502

Folding fan with twenty-three inner ribs of split bamboo and two parent ribs of bamboo. Fan covered on both sides with white paper, one side unpainted, the other painted in black, grey, and light blue/green with scene of rocks, trees, and a man. Some areas sprinkled with mica. On left is inscription of eleven characters in black and two seals in red.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, plastic, mica mineral, paint, adhesive and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1501

Folding fan with thirteen inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. Fan face is paper, one-quarter of which is unpainted and three-quarters of which is painted light brown. On the brown background, there is a painted scene of a flock of silver birds.

Culture
Japanese
Material
adhesive, plastic, paper and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1500

Folding fan with eleven inner split bamboo ribs and two bamboo parent ribs. Fan face is painted with three gold leaves on brown background. Other surface is also brown, streaked with silver.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, adhesive, plastic, paint and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flat FanEd1.214

A flat rectangular fan with two lobes at the top. Main colour is green mottled with yellow. Frame is of many very fine ribs of split bamboo (?) with paper on each side which is lacquered. Straight, black-painted, wooden handle is split and spread to allow insertion of the fan. Fan is painted orange around the handle. Around the orange area, there is a black paper cut on each side of the fan which is also lacquered. Fan is edged in dark green.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, lacquer, paint and rice paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Folding FanEd1.211

A closing fan with twenty-three inner ribs of split bamboo with a painted cloud-like design on the base of each side and two bamboo parent ribs also with a painted design set into a dark rosewood piece into which the metal rivet has been placed. Fan face is rice paper with small pastoral scene painted at the centre top with seven writing characters on the left side of the face. Attached to the metal rivet, there are two light blue-green tassels, 25 cm. long, including the cord.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, paint, ink, adhesive, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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