A square double-sided straw fan with interwoven green silk threads. The weave is backed with red and grey foil with floral ornaments. The edges are covered with black satin, 2 cm each. Coloured fabric fragments are sewn along the edge of the fan. The fan was presented together with a letter from P. Mukherjee, a member of the Democratic Youth Federation of India to the Stalingrad Komsomol, dated September 11, 1953: “I give this fan, made by a peasant girl who wanted this gift to be given to the fighting Stalingrad youth, about whom peasants sing songs during the harvest”.
Hand fan
India ,
10.09.1953
МЗСБ КП 4908/1 П 161
33 х 33 cm
Stroh, Stoff, Folie, Weben, Nähen
A gift from the Indian delegation at the IV World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest, which visited Stalingrad on 10.09.1953, Bihar State, Patna
See also
Norwegian female doll from Hallingdal district in a traditional costume
Norway ,
August 1955
Norwegian female doll from Hallingdal district in a traditional costume
A gift from the Norwegian women delegation visiting Stalingrad in August 1955. The labels with the logo “Vare-Merke” are attached to the box.