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Object Number
49-14-50/8228
Display Title
Fly whisk of tail Umusinda Wangomba
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Umusinda Wangomba
Inventory Description
Fly whisk, bundle of animal hair attach'd to carv'd wood stick
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Chinunka; Misuku Mountains, at the foot of the
Materials
Wood, Animal hair
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 10 x 1.1 cm (14 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8228
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