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Object Number 49-14-50/7821
Display Title Men's switches made of wood and the tail of a cow. Wisinka
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Wisinka
Inventory Description Whisks, animal tail with long black hair, wood stick handle
Classification
  • Whisk
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of one): 55 × 6.4 × 3.1 cm (21 5/8 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 49-14-50/7821; ED/P 1-1-50/150

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