- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fly whisk of dark giraffe tail hair and leather covered handle. [MJD 05/08/2009]
- Long description
- Fly whisk of dark giraffe tail hair and leather covered handle. The leather covering the handle is dyed red. The hairs are stitched in place between two semicircular pieces of leather. The semicircles are of red leather and in black leather; a border and two crescent shaped pieces on either side. A loop of plaited animal leather is tied to the top of the handle. [MJD 05/08/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Darfur El Fasher
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1936
- Date collected
- 1934 - 1936
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1954
- Materials and processes
- Material Giraffe Hair Animal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material String, Material Pigment, Process Stitched, Process Tied, Process Plaited, Process Dyed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 970 mm, Width: max 220 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1954.5.154 Other numbers: 37D.216A
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