Gilded Wooden "Ostrich Hunt" Fan
Wood, Gold Leaf
Width of fan 18.8cm (7.4 inches)
Grand Egyptian Museum #284 (Formerly JE 62001)
This "was found in the Burial Chamber, between the two innermost shrines; from the remains of its feathers it was clear that it had been fitted with thirty ostrich feathers, white and brown, alternately set." (T.G.H. James, Tutankhamun, Metro books/White Star 2000) page 186)
"The inscription on the stick says that Tutankhamun hunted ostriches in the desert near Heliopolis and provided the feathers for this fan." (From the info card)
