Flywhisk
AF1219
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Katanga Province
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1219 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Katanga Province |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Leather | Hair |
| Description | Wooden handle with curved end. Half of handle is covered with an antelope's tail sewn tightly onto handle. First half of tail is light brown in color, second half of tail is of porous bone with black coarse hair. There are holes on either side of the sewn piece. Possibly these holes where made in order for thehide to stretch around main body of whisk. |
| Length | 35 cm |
| Width | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1192 - Other Number |
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