Description (CMS Description)
Fan with black feathers. This is a hand-held fan made of short stick covered in red ?ochre pigment, to which are attached a number of large black feathers. At the base of the black feathers are several small dark pink/red feathers. The feathers are held to the handle by ?resin which is also covered in a red ?ochre pigment, with faint traces of yellow/white pigment dots and lines. One black feather is detached but present. There are small holes in the ?resin. The end of the stick is broken off and missing.
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Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) (Collector) Fredrick John Afford Bateman was a doctor in Alice Springs periodically between 1955 -1959, where he worked both in the hospital there and as a flying medic.Richard Bateman, the collector’s son, in correspondence with CUMAA adds: ‘It was a practice that all weapons, shields, knives were left outside the ward [at the Alice Spring Hospital] and were often unclaimed after the patients left the hospital.’
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Author: maa