Card/Transcription No.: 596a-1

596, a. STOCK OF FAN. (Akh-en-Aten).

Max. L. 104.0; Length of shaft of handle including knob 89.0;
Min. diam. 1.7; Max. diam. 2.0; cents.
DESCRIPTION: 
A stock of a fan, of wood, covered with thick sheet gold, the
knob at end of handle of bronze inlaid with gold. The knob is
ornamented (inlaid gold) after the umbel of papyrus in
florescence. The palm of the stock in form of two panels
supported by papyrus umbel, the calyx of which is engraved upon
the gold.
Upon each side of the palm the following names of Akh-en-Aten and
Aten cartouches.

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Note A few fragments of ostrich feathers adhered to the palm of
the stock.