Fan
- Object Name:
- Fan
- Object ID:
- 1969.006.102
- Date:
- 1909
- Description:
- Folding fan with box, Nagasaki, Japan, souvenir, commemorating Ulysses S. Grant's visit in 1879. Pleated paper leaf with four printed images: a signed letter from Grant regarding planting of trees, photograph of Grant, stone monument with engraving of Grant's autograph, and photograph of banyan tree planted by Grant; red stamp in upper left corner with Japanese and American flags, dated December 29, 1909. Bamboo sticks. In 18th-century tubular paperboard box decorated with green and red floral design. Gray speckled pattern on reverse.
- Material:
- Wood
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-10.75 W-18 D-1 inches
- Provenance:
- Photograph and letter of General Grant are still preserved at City Hall, Nagasaki. Banyan tree planted by General Grant in Nagasaki Park.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Helen Dadmun Doble
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