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.

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• Type of Item whisk
• Culture Songye
• Material wood, copper metal, hair, fibre
• Measurements height 47.0 cm, width 5.0 cm, depth 5.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Roxane Connick Carlisle
• Received from Roxane Connick Carlisle

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• Made in Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Collected in Kasai

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• Creation Date during 1950
• Collection Date during 1952
• Ownership Date before September 17, 2018
• Acquisition Date on September 17, 2018

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3321/0015