- Object name(s):
- fly whisk; whisk, fly; whisk
- Brief description:
- Fly whisk, with wood carved or all-leather bound handle, leather wrist attachment and decorative attachments, and animal tail with attached hair making the whisk. Described as Hausa, Nigeria and probably part of the Crosse collection
- Collection:
- Norfolk Museums
- Acquisition method:
- untraced find
- Associated concept:
- Eth Ethnology
- Associated concept:
- ethnography
- Associated concept:
- African
- Associated person:
- Crosse, Dr
- Condition:
- good
- Current location:
- Lynn Museum
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 23
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 710
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 40
- Material:
- hair
- Material:
- leather
- Object component name:
- handle
- Object component information:
- 160mm
- Object component information:
- 20mm
- Object name:
- fly whisk; whisk, fly; whisk
- Object number:
- KILLM : 1999.171
- Object production date:
- 1800-1900
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1800
- Date - latest:
- 1900
- Object production place:
- Nigeria
- Other number:
- 145
- Other number type:
- previous number
- Reproduction format:
- jpeg
- Reproduction type:
- image
- Responsible department/section:
- Lynn Museum
- Technique:
- handmade
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ff58dfc4-5075-37d4-a5db-bc0f5d642a06
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ff58dfc4-5075-37d4-a5db-bc0f5d642a06, Norfolk Museums, CC BY-NC
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