Animal hair fly-whisk in leather handle with looped leather sling and horn medicine phial attached

Animal hair fly-whisk in leather handle with looped leather

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Animal hair fly-whisk in leather handle with looped leather
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Animal hair fly-whisk in leather handle with looped leather sling and horn medicine phial attached, small beads wrapped round handles, Nigerian, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A117959
Materials:
hair, animal, leather, beads, glass, horn and wood
type:
fly-whisk
credit:
Glendining