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Chief's fly brush
Object Number 35-31-50/1170
Display Title Chief's fly brush
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fly whisk, dried grass stalks bundled together w/ braided vegetable fiber bands
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Grass, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 71.5 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm (28 1/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1170

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