Fly whisk

Museum number:
5-272
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Alternate number:
434 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.334 and Acc.371
Description:
Fly whisk: palm leaves: turned and brass bound ebony handle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Palm leaf (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fly whisks
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1908 and May 1909
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 70 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-272, described as Fly whisk: palm leaves: turned and brass bound ebony handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-272, described as Fly whisk: palm leaves: turned and brass bound ebony handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-272, described as Fly whisk: palm leaves: turned and brass bound ebony handle.

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