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Flywhisk made from part of an animal's tail, black with twigs pushed into hollow at top, " medicine" container, or "muhata", Zambezi, Barotseland, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657936
- Materials:
- hair, animal tail, fibre and wood, sticks
- type:
- flywhisks
- credit:
- Christol, F.
