Fly brushes

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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

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Samoa

Materials Vegetable fiber, Wood

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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