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Fly whisk - metal wound around wooden handle. Nchira.
Fly whisk - metal wound around wooden handle. Nchira.
Object Number 49-14-50/8338
Display Title Fly whisk - metal wound around wooden handle. Nchira.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Nchira
Inventory Description Fly whisk, wood shaft wrapped with coiled wire, metal screw base, red hair whisk
Classification
  • Fly whisk
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yao
  • Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Mtimbuka; Fort Johnston, near
Materials Wood, Animal hair, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 60.8 x 8 x 6.3 cm (23 15/16 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8338

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