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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
Materials
Animal tail, Wood
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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