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Cowtail fly whisk
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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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