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Object Number 14-23-70/85660.1
Display Title Fly brushes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fan, curved wood shaft, brush of partially braided fiber, coiled cord wrap haft
Classification
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 85.5 x 21 x 6.5 cm (33 11/16 x 8 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85660
Provenance
Donor Mrs. G. P. Bradley (1914)

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