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Object Number
988-18-50/12459
Display Title
Flywhisk, chief's ceremonial
Descriptions
Object Description
Chief's ceremonial flywisk
Inventory Description
Brush or whisk, animal tail, leather covering, fiber tie, curved coarse hair.
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Brush
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ivory Coast
Dimensions
Overall: 33.5 x 9 x 2.4 cm (13 3/16 x 3 9/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
988-18-50/12459
Provenance
Provenance
Yaro Malam
(10/87-8/88)
Collector
Christopher B. Steiner
(10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor
Christopher B. Steiner
(10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
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Media Restricted
| 988-18-50/12467 | Flywhisk, ceremonial |
Brush
Shaft, modified |
Ivory Coast
| |
Media Restricted
| 988-18-50/12471 | Flywhisk |
Shaft, modified
Brush |
Ivory Coast
| |
| 10-21-10/76530 | Porcupine tail hair brush |
Brush
|
Oregon
| |
| 35-31-50/1169 | Chief's fly brush (djai or djwai) |
Brush
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 37-77-50/2542 | Elephant's tail, carried as symbol of power by big chief - leather handle |
Accessory
|
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2543 | Elephant's tail, carried as symbol of power by big chief - leather handle |
Accessory
|
Liberia
| |
| 22-2-50/B3430 | Dusting brush - tail of forest buffalo |
Brush
|
Cameroon
| |
| 04-45-50/64145 | Chief's spear |
Spear
|
300 miles east of Benguela
| |
| 35-31-50/1170 | Chief's fly brush |
Tools
|
Cameroon
| |
| 988-18-50/12489 | Flywhisk handle with four masks carved at the top |
Ornament
|
Ivory Coast
| |
Media Restricted
| 38-44-10/12791 | Chief's skin shirt trimmed with locks of human hair |
Shirt
Shaft, modified Raw Material |
North America
| |
Media Restricted
| 34-91-50/738 | Cowtail fly whisk |
Shaft, modified
Brush |
Kaimosi
|