- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Flywhisk of split grass stems bound loosely at the end with leaf fibre. [FC 29/07/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1968
- Date collected
- 1968
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1968
- Materials and processes
- Material Grass Stem Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Material Plant Fibre, Process Bound, Process Split
- Dimensions
- Width: max 125 mm, Length: max 580 mm laid flat
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1968.20.235
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