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Ostrich feather fan

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFeathers
DimensionsOverall: 15 x 22 cm (5 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1406
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Not on view
ClassificationsPersonal accessories
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 427:4. December 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.