Whisk

Museum number:
5-6968
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
26 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Fly whisk; wood handle inserted in and extending beyond black wildebeest tail; L. 84 cm. USed by men and women and especially witch doctors to whisk flies away.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ukambani, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Ukambani; Kamba (Murdock...44:2)
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1965
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whisk, accession number 5-6968, described as Fly whisk; wood handle inserted in and extending beyond black wildebeest tail; L. 84 cm. USed by men and women and especially witch doctors to whisk flies away.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whisk, accession number 5-6968, described as Fly whisk; wood handle inserted in and extending beyond black wildebeest tail; L. 84 cm. USed by men and women and especially witch doctors to whisk flies away.

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