Fly whisk

Museum number:
5-2433
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1660
Description:
Fly whisk; horse's tail; red cloth handle; top of handle carved with 2 human faces flanked by 2 grasshoppers; covered with gold leaf;
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Village of Ngata-Dorikko (nr. Tiebissou); Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
October 1962
Materials:
Gold (metal) and Horsehair
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fly whisks
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1962
Context of use:
Probably used by lineage heads.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 76.2 centimeters
Comment:
Probably used by lineage heads; for detailed information concerning 5-2433-38, see acc. envelope.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #70: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 7, 1967–February 8, 1967) and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-2433, described as Fly whisk; horse's tail; red cloth handle; top of handle carved with 2 human faces flanked by 2 grasshoppers; covered with gold leaf;Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-2433, described as Fly whisk; horse's tail; red cloth handle; top of handle carved with 2 human faces flanked by 2 grasshoppers; covered with gold leaf;Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-2433, described as Fly whisk; horse's tail; red cloth handle; top of handle carved with 2 human faces flanked by 2 grasshoppers; covered with gold leaf;Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-2433, described as Fly whisk; horse's tail; red cloth handle; top of handle carved with 2 human faces flanked by 2 grasshoppers; covered with gold leaf;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 5-2433, described as Fly whisk; horse's tail; red cloth handle; top of handle carved with 2 human faces flanked by 2 grasshoppers; covered with gold leaf;

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