PHARUOH'S GOLD FANS.
STILL IN FASHION TO-dAy, . ■ vivid hunt*scenes! / LONDON, Jan. 31. On the ground between the second and third shrines in Tutankhamen's ' tomb were discovered two fans, which slaves carried on ■, either side of/ the : King, as {is proved *: by hunting and battle jscenes painted on a casket j discovered in % the antechamber,,, says.-, the correspondent-. of the Times at Luxor. " *■'"•■ - •The ' fans are 4 made of■: gold., with white - ostrich feathers, and finely chased, handles beautifully inlaid .with hunting scenes, which ■; depict the King returning in V chariot fro;sl the hunt, with slaves carrying the quarry. r{{ Unfortunately weevus have attacked , the feathers. ." "{'{{-. Though such fans' were known to ' have existed ;, by pictures in mural decorations,' these are the first to be found. They are doubtless the originals of the _ fans used in Roman times and in the Vatican to-day. When' the Crown Princess Menem of Abyssinia visited the tomb last year servants '■ fanned ■; her throughout the visit with fans exactly similar to these.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18629, 9 February 1924, Page 9
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166PHARUOH'S GOLD FANS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18629, 9 February 1924, Page 9
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