Fan

Cleveland Museum of Art

The object is a handheld fan. The fan has a long handle made of light-colored wood with a small hole at one end. The fan's head is made of many thin, connected sections of material, possibly paper or silk, fanned out in a semi-circle. The sections have a repeating black pattern on a white background. The sections are connected with thin strips of material. There are also thin strips of a light pink material holding the sections together. The background of the image is dark gray, with the fan casting a slight shadow. The title of the object is "Fan".