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Object Number 99-12-70/53522
Display Title Whisk
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whisk, partially braided fiber head, cylindrical wood shaft
Classification
  • Whisk
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Dimensions Overall: 67.5 x 9 x 3.5 cm (26 9/16 x 3 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53522
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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