Fly whisk

Museum number:
5-4384
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1375
Description:
Fly whisk; (buffalo tail?); wood and kambi bird's foot bone handle with European chain on end; 58 cm l. without chain.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sausangi, Tshilemo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Angola; Sausangi near Tshilemo; Luena
Culture or time period:
Luena
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fly whisks
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-4384, described as Fly whisk; (buffalo tail?); wood and kambi bird's foot bone handle with European chain on end; 58 cm l. without chain.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-4384, described as Fly whisk; (buffalo tail?); wood and kambi bird's foot bone handle with European chain on end; 58 cm l. without chain.

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