Fly whisk
In most of Africa, flywhisks were carried as prestige regalia and during masquerades. They emphasized both gestures and spoken words. Their materials tended to be made of inherantly status conferring materials. For example this flywhisk that was once owned by Emperor Theodor (...
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ld1-1643621402936-1643621406112-0
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object
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normalized
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Acquisition grant from the James Smithson Society
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CC0
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1
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import
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89-8-41
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Medium
Bone, hair, plant fiber
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