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1888.28.30

Fly whisk of white horse hair on cane handle with ?silver on top and bottom of the cane. [MJD 11/08/2009]

1888.28.30

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fly whisk of white horse hair on cane handle with ?silver on top and bottom of the cane. [MJD 11/08/2009]
Long description
Fly whisk of white horse hair on cane handle with ?silver on top and bottom of the cane. There is a textile loop at the end of the handle. A band of metal at the end of the handle is in the form of a buckle. [MJD 11/08/2009]
Person
Field collector Gibbes Rigaud
PRM source Jane Rigaud
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1885
Date collected
By 1885
Acquisition information
Donated: 1888
Materials and processes
Material Horse Hair Animal, Material Silver Metal, Material Cane Plant, Material Textile, Material Lead Metal, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Knotted
Dimensions
Length: max 755 mm, Width: max 130 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1888.28.30

Search terms: Fan, Flywhisk

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