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Raffia fly whisk
Object Number 61-35-50/10463
Display Title Raffia fly whisk
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fly whisk, vegetable fiber strips, colored string-wrapped handle, broken loop
Classification
  • Fly whisk
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms North Africa
Materials Vegetable material, String
Dimensions Overall: 67.3 x 9.5 x 3.2 cm (26 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-35-50/10463

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