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Object Number 17-41-50/B1575
Display Title Fly whisk with animal head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fly whisk, animal hair attached to carved/incised wooden handle, cloth and bark
Classification
  • Fly whisk
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuba
  • Kuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 6.9 x 3.9 cm (22 1/16 x 2 11/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B.1575

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Tools
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