415. STOCK OF FAN. 1
(See Nos. 389, 596a, 599, 600.)
POSITION:
Thrown among alabaster & wine-jars below threshold of doorway of
chamber (see photos 1138 and 1139).
DIMENSIONS:
Max. L. 54.0, cents.; w. of pelmet 7.4, cents.
DESCRIPTION:
The stock of a fan made of ivory and wood, and embellished with
gold. Pelmet carved out of solid ivory: Recto - winged uraeus
stained dark brown & red, details of hood picked out with gold-
foil; solar-disc stained red, uzat-eyes stained dark-brown; shen-
symbol stained red with dark-brown border; the prenomen and nomen
of King incised & filled in with blue pigment. Verso - similar to
recto, exception being the signs <> & <> on side of solar-disc
are stained red & dark brown.
The Fleur-de-lis stained red and dark-brown.
The Capitulum, of solid ivory stained dark brown with exception
of calyces of the papyrus umbel are plain ivory delineated in
dark-brown.
The Shaft takes the form of a papyrus-reed & bud column: the
capital of solid ivory stained dark-brown, having abacus and
bindings of buds covered with gold-foil.
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