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Object Number
40-24-50/5101
Display Title
Man's fly whisk (oryx? tail) - wooden handle wound with metal wire
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fly whisk, tail attached to wooden handle, brass ring and coiled metal at haft
Classification
- Fly whisk
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Beri
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Lafon
Materials
Wood, Animal tail, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 78 x 18.5 x 1.9 cm (30 11/16 x 7 5/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-24-50/5101
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