- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Long wooden whisk with double crosspiece set at one end to form a whisk for use in cooking porridge or soup. The crosspiece is bound to the wood with string. [ASh [OPS move] 24/10/2016]
- Cultural groups
- Tharaka
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1968
- Date collected
- 1968
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1968
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material String, Process Bound, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 72 mm, Width: max 85 mm, Length: max 938 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1968.20.60 Other numbers: TH83
Search terms: Food and Drink, Status, Stirrer, Food Accessory
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