[PLATE CXVII., Fig.

2.] [Illustration: PLATE 117] [Illustration: PLATE 118] The fan carried by these attendants seems in most instances to have been made of feathers.

It had a shortish handle, which was generally mere or less ornamented, and frequently terminated in the head of a ram or other animal.

[PLATE CXVIII., Fig.

1.] The feathers were sometimes of great length, and bent gracefully by their own weight, as they were pointed slantingly towards the monarch.