Collection Highlights
Ma-Nuncue
Date:
After 1826
Object Number:
PR.221.58
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Novelty fan
Object Number:
2002.1.2941
Date:
1950-1960
Medium:
Paper, cloth, cork
Dimensions:
5 1/2 x 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
A brown paper cigar shaped novelty fan. The wood end of the cigar is pulled up and a red, white and blue stars and stripes fan unfolds from inside the cigar. A red and yellow paper band encircles the cigar and reads "Latest Cigar Fan/ Made in Japan", and a white label reads "Yankee Pedlar/ Box 34/ Glen, New Hampshire".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
