A folding fan Ogi. The construction includes a screen made of soft paper secured to a number of slats with the two side slats being more solid than the rest; the slats revolve around a pivot at the base. The screen has three stripes: orange, beige and brown. The inscription on the guard made with ink in Japanese reads [translation]: “From the Japanese Delegation, the participants of the World Congress of Mothers in Lausanne in 1955”.
Hand fan. A gift from a participant in the World Congress of Mothers in Lausanne
Japan ,
August, 1955
МЗСБ КП 5505
19,7 х 28,2 х 2,3 cm
paper, bamboo, cord, handmade, manuscript
Hand fan. A gift from a participant in the World Congress of Mothers in Lausanne who visited Stalingrad in August 1955. The Japanese fan is used not so much to create a cooling airflow but as an element in traditional ceremonies, dances and as a marker of social status.
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Decorative plate from the deputy of the European Parliament Jiří Maštálka
The Czech Republic ,
2018
Decorative plate from the deputy of the European Parliament Jiří Maštálka
Psutková Jana. Decorative plate. Inscriptions: "From the deputy of the European Parliament / Jiří Maštálka / Czech Republic", "To the Hero City of Volgograd / for eternal memory."
Present of Jiří Maštálka, the deputy of the European Parliament from the Communist Party of the Czech Republic and Moravia, to the hero city of Volgograd on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the victory at Stalingrad, 2018
Traditional hat of shepherds in northeastern Brazil.
Brazil ,
1953
Traditional hat of shepherds in northeastern Brazil.
A gift from a group of Brazilian medical workers who visited Stalingrad in 1953. A men’s hat. It is a hat with a conical crown decorated with a trim and perforated holes and has a hard felt medium brim. Two straps, a chinstrap and a back strap are pulled onto the brim, thus turning into a kind of fringe made of leather straps that fall down on both sides of the hat. The gift was given to the Soviet scientists at the Convention of oncologists in Brazil.
