Fly whisk

Museum number:
5-1493
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Accession number:
Acc.1274
Description:
Fly whisk; braided white hair whisk; woven brown and white hair handle. Remarks: “Carried now by the priests and often represented in old paintings.”
Donor:
Cyrus Townsend Brady Jr.
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Materials:
Hair (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fly whisks
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1959
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-1493, described as Fly whisk; braided white hair whisk; woven brown and white hair handle. Remarks: “Carried now by the priests and often represented in old paintings.”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-1493, described as Fly whisk; braided white hair whisk; woven brown and white hair handle. Remarks: “Carried now by the priests and often represented in old paintings.”

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