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Object Name
Mourning Fan
Object Number
ca1900-02-50
Description
White ivory stretchers with pierced design of a tree. Top stretchers which runs length of fan decorated with silver beads. Stretchers hold paper with silver rococco design. Image of 2 temples with muses and flowers. Center watercolor of 2 women and man in mourning for child carried by angel - gravestone surrounded by iron fence. Written on handle in ink "Washington 1848"
Category
Personal Artifacts
Date Made
1848
Dimensions
9 1/2" long
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