Maker: Unknown
Decorated with a half-length maiden with elaborate beflowered headdress; the stick with orchids. Stick: bamboo skin veneered on hardwood, carved on openwork. String (replaced) Face: bamboo skin laminated and carved in low relief and incised.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Width: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
After
1801
-
Before
1900
Stick
composed of
bamboo skin
hardwood
Face
composed of
bamboo skin
Guards
Height 41.9 cm
Accession number: O.63-1985
Primary reference Number: 118452
Old object number: 418
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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