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Object Number
34-91-50/738
Display Title
Cowtail fly whisk
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Brush, long wooden stick, covered with leather, with black hair at 1 end.
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Brush
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hamite?
- Tereki?
- Nandi?
- Maragoli?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Kenya
/
Western Province
/
Kakamega
/
Kaimosi
Materials
Hair, Leather, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 70 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm (27 9/16 x 11/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34-91-50/738
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34-91-50/457 | Cowtail fly whisk - wooden handle |
Tools
|
Kaimosi
| |
| 34-91-50/458 | Cowtail fly whisk - wooden handle |
Tools
|
Kaimosi
| |
| 970-1-50/11328 | Fly whisk: dark wooden handle wrapped at top with colored (blue, red, white) str |
Brush
|
Africa
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 36-45-60/1788 | Ceremonial fly whisk - hair with wire work handle |
Special
Shaft, modified |
India
| |
| 999-34-50/12870 | Fly whisk |
Raw Material
Tools |
Guinea
Liberia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 17-41-50/B1575 | Fly whisk with animal head |
Shaft, modified
Fly whisk |
Zaire
| |
| 49-14-50/8228 | Fly whisk of tail Umusinda Wangomba |
Tools
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8338 | Fly whisk - metal wound around wooden handle. Nchira. |
Fly whisk
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 47-45-60/9293 | Combined fly whisk and riding whip |
Fly whisk
|
India
| |
| 56-43-70/3815 | Fly whisk |
Tools
|
Samoa
| |
| 2004.1.113 | Fly Whisk, basketry covered wood handle, cloth stuffed top, plant fiber whisk |
Fly whisk
|
Asia?
| |
| 970-1-50/11329 | fly whisk |
Brush
|
Africa
|