Whisk

Museum number:
5-6972
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
99 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Fly whisk; fibrous stick shredded at one end to form whisk; rest smooth except for two bands red/brown bark left on the handle; L. 47 cm. used by men to whisk away flies. Note: "This is a very unusual fly whisk and was made by a Kamba man living in Masai country. It is possibly a Masai technique." RJC
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olorgesailie, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Kenya; Olorgesailie; Kamba (Murdock...44:2)
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1964
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whisk, accession number 5-6972, described as Fly whisk; fibrous stick shredded at one end to form whisk; rest smooth except for two bands red/brown bark left on the handle; L. 47 cm. used by men to whisk away flies. Note: "This is a very unusual fly whisk and was made by a Kamba man living in Masai country. It is possibly a Masai technique." RJC
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whisk, accession number 5-6972, described as Fly whisk; fibrous stick shredded at one end to form whisk; rest smooth except for two bands red/brown bark left on the handle; L. 47 cm. used by men to whisk away flies. Note: "This is a very unusual fly whisk and was made by a Kamba man living in Masai country. It is possibly a Masai technique." RJC

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