Fan Handle

Wooded fan handle with palmiform terminal. Ostrich feathers may have been originally attached at the top of the fan handle through holes. Compare with a fan handle of the same shape and size in Boston Museum of Fine Arts, no. 49.1918, published in 'Egypt's Golden Age' (Boston, 1982) p. 179 [205]. A record is available on Boston's online catalogue, seen on 11.02.2013 at http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/fan-handle-203