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Fly brush
Object Number 14-29-70/85745
Display Title Fly brush
Descriptions
Inventory Description Brush, cylindrical wood handle, bundled fiber extension, tied with cordage
Classification
  • Brush
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand / <State> / Niue
Additional Geographic Terms Cook Islands
Materials Wood , Fiber , Sennit
Dimensions Overall: 62 x 34 x 6 cm (24 7/16 x 13 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1914)

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