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Fly Whisk3321/15

Fly whisk with carved wood handle, copper decoration, and tail of hair. Handle carved to represent a kneeling female figure with marks on her abdomen and shoulders. The figure has a very elongated face with cowrie-shell shaped eyes. Below the figure is a rope-like copper covering over the section where the hair is attached to the handle.

Culture
Songye
Material
wood, copper metal, hair and fibre
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fly Whisk3188/10

Fly whisk. The handle is a short and relatively straight stick stripped of bark. At upper end is a long, thick hank of horse hair, attached by a tightly woven panel of horse hair and cotton string. Hair thins slightly toward end of whisk.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
horse hair, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Gondar, Amara, Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Buffalo Tail, OrnamentedE581-0

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED. *DOUBLE ENTRY UNDER CAT. #2009."

Culture
Chipewyan
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Fly FlapperE2007-0

FROM CARD: "TAIL OF MUSK OX. *DOUBLE ENTRY UNDER CAT. #582."

Culture
Dogrib
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Tea Service Whisk529/12 e

Small whisk formed from a piece of bamboo that has been split into many tines that go outward from the stem. (The whisk fits into one of the bamboo tubes attached to 529/12 a.)

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whisk2670/5 a-e

Whisk with a dark wooden handle wrapped in some areas with woven, light coloured grass in a geometric lozenge-patterned design. Whisk parts (parts b-e) are a braided dark plant fibre and are detached from the shaft. Handle has carved band around it at its end. The whisk has fourteen disc-like nodules connected to a carved section that has four "legs".

Culture
Eastern Polynesian
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
“Austral Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhiskC21

A light brown cylindrical handle, thinner in between the flared outward ends. One end has a tassel with braided bases of numerous strands of vegetable fibres forming the whisk.

Culture
Samoan
Material
plant fibre and wood
Made in
Upolu, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fly WhiskK5.292

Fly whisk with wooden handle and brass wire wrapped around the ferrule. Whisk part made off-white animal hair.

Culture
Zulu
Material
brass metal, hair and wood
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fly WhiskK5.291

Fly whisk with wooden handle and brass wire wrapped around the ferrule. Whisk part made of off-white animal hair.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood, brass metal and hair
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whisk1060/69

A long cylindrical skin handle with circular protrusions all around that have some plant fibre weaving decoration. The top end of the handle has a looped skin band painted with red dots connected by a brown zig zag line. The bottom end of the handle flares out with skin strands from which grey hair flows down.

Culture
West African
Material
ink, hair, skin, plant fibre, paint and paper
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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