Fly whisk with red

Fly whisk with red Fly whisk with red Fly whisk with red Fly whisk with red

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Fly whisk with red
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Fly whisk with red
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Fly whisk with red
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Fly whisk with red
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Fly whisk with red, white and blue glass beads with ring of cowrie shells and tuft of brown hair one end and single cowrie shell at base. possibly used as amulet from Uganda, 1851-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A301571
Materials:
cloth, hessian, beads, glass, hair, skin and shell, cowrie
Measurements:
baton: length 239 mm
max: diameter 30 mm
type:
fly-whisk