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Fly brushes
Object Number 14-23-70/85660
Display Title Fly brushes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fly brush, clyindrical wood handle, bundled fiber extension, fiber cordage
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Wood, Fiber, Hair
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 29 x 7 cm (22 1/16 x 11 7/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Mrs. G. P. Bradley (1914)

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