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Switch, cows tail with braided leather loop, attached to arm of wearer at upper
Switch, cows tail with braided leather loop, attached to arm of wearer at upper
Object Number 973-16-50/11492
Display Title Switch, cows tail with braided leather loop, attached to arm of wearer at upper
Descriptions
Indigenous Term njkole
Object Description Switch, cows tail with braided leather loop, attached to arm of wearer at upper arm
Inventory Description Whisk, twisted leather looped handle, brown animal tail.
Classification
  • Whisk
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Materials Leather, Animal tail
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 6 x 3.5 cm (20 1/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-16-50/11492
Provenance
Donor Robert G. Gardner

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