Flywhisk
| Object Number: | AF1219 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Baluba |
| Provenience: | Zaire Belgian Congo Katanga Province |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood Leather Hair |
| Length: | 35 cm |
| Width: | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number: | 1192 - Other Number |
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.
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