Fly whisk

Museum number:
5-11403
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011403
Accession number:
Acc.2579
Description:
Fly-whisk, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11403, acc no. 2579, file code: 2.1. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: giraffe tail fastened to round wooden shaft by coarse brown thread. Context of use: to keep flies off the person Description: fly-whisk; giraffe tail, wood, thread; 58.5 cm l.; 2.5 cm. w.;
Donor:
Marybelle Barton
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia
Collector:
Rexford W. Barton
Collection date:
December 18, 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fly whisks
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
July 10, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-11403, described as Fly-whisk, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11403, acc no. 2579, file code: 2.1. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: giraffe tail fastened to round wooden shaft by coarse brown thread. Context of use: to keep flies off the person Description: fly-whisk; giraffe tail, wood, thread; 58.5 cm l.; 2.5 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-11403, described as Fly-whisk, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11403, acc no. 2579, file code: 2.1. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: giraffe tail fastened to round wooden shaft by coarse brown thread. Context of use: to keep flies off the person Description: fly-whisk; giraffe tail, wood, thread; 58.5 cm l.; 2.5 cm. w.;

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