Fly whisk

Museum number:
5-17002
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
EC-31 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Wood, ivory, and horsehair fly whisk. Handle is of carved ivory inlaid with bands of dark wood, terminating in a pair of men facing each other with outstretched arms (hands broken away), which is of black horse hair affixed to the handle. 1947.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Barotseland, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
Lozi people, Barotseland, Zambia, Africa
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fly whisks
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 79.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-17002, described as Wood, ivory, and horsehair fly whisk. Handle is of carved ivory inlaid with bands of dark wood, terminating in a pair of men facing each other with outstretched arms (hands broken away), which is of black horse hair affixed to the handle. 1947.

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