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Is “Mourning fan” in the public domain?

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Yes. “Mourning fan” is public domain and released under CC0, so it is free to download and reuse for any purpose, including commercially, with no permission needed.

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Where is “Mourning fan” from?

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It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is free to reuse under CC0.

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Yes. As a CC0 public-domain work it can be used commercially, modified and redistributed with no fee and no attribution required.

Title	Mourning fan
Date	1887–89 19th century
Medium	wood, silk, mother-of-pearl, metal
Origin	American American
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Amelia Beard Hollenback, 1966
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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