Fan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white image of a handheld fan titled "Fan" by artist unknown. The fan is centered and fanned out to display its semicircular shape with a semicircular head and a stick handle. The head of the fan comprises dark ribs fanned out and covered on both sides with densely packed thin strips of material. The ribs are connected with thin white fibers resembling hair. The fan features alternating darker and lighter bands running across the ribs and strips on both sides. The background is a light, flat surface.