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1886.1.395

Flywhisk of grass with painted wooden handle. [MJD 13/08/2009]

1886.1.395

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flywhisk of grass with painted wooden handle. [MJD 13/08/2009]
Long description
Flywhisk of grass [or ? split palm leaves] with painted wooden handle. The handle is coloured red, yellow and green. The grass is woven with cotton at the top of the handle. The end of the handle is broken. [MJD 13/08/2009]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1878
Date collected
By 1878
Acquisition information
Transferred: 09/02/1886
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Bound
Dimensions
Width: max 80 mm, Length: max 560 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.395 Other numbers: 159
Research and responses

Note that this object is not mentioned in Collectors VIII Ramsden [AP 21/7/99]

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