- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Flywhisk, made from a carved wooden handle which flares slightly at the butt end. Hair covered animal hide is tied around the handle. [CW [OPS Move] 15/2/2017]
- Long description
- Flywhisk, comprising a thin, cylindrical wooden handle, which flares slightly at the butt, with hair covered animal hide tied around the top half. A lot of the hair is now missing from the hide, but an amount of long white and grey hair is still present at the tip. [JMC 29/6/2018]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1940
- Date collected
- By 1940
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1940
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Hair, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material String, Process Carved, Process Tied, Process Covered
- Dimensions
- Length: max 570 mm, Depth: max 56 mm, Width: max 105 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.7.0331
1940.7.0331
Flywhisk, made from a carved wooden handle which flares slightly at the butt end. Hair covered animal hide is tied around the handle. [CW [OPS Move] 15/2/2017]
1940.7.0331
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