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- Title
- Ili pau (fan)
- Content partner
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Collection
- Te Papa Collections Online
- Description
This is an ili pau, a small wooden fan named after the wood of the Pau or Manapau (Mamea odorata) that they were fashioned from. This example was probably made in the 19th or early 20th century and has part of the body of the fan missing. Form and function Hand held fans are made throughout the Pacific Islands. People use them to keep cool in hot weather, they present them as gifts and sell them to tourists as souvenirs. They use them decoratively as ornaments, and display them in their home...
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- Date created
- Gifted: 1948
- URL
- https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/273755
- Related subjects
- Fans (Accessories) / wood / carvings / woodcarving / Polynesian / Sāmoan / Sāmoa / Reverend John Hutchin
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