Horse hair fly whisk with leather bound handle con

Made:
1880-1920

Horse hair fly whisk with leather bound handle containing amulets, from Sudan, 1880-1920

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Object Number:
A651088
Materials:
hair, horse, hide, wood
type:
fly whisks costume (personal accessories), ethnography (african), amulets, ceremonial, costume (personal accessories), ethnography (african), fly whisks

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