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Catalog Number |
CAS 2014-0001-0034 | |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Insect whisk | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1990s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Grass stems; Unidentified plant fiber | |
| Description | Insect whisk to keeping insects (particularly mosquitoes) from one’s body, consisting of a bundle of thick grass stems that are held together at their bases by a tightly woven plant fiber ring. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 11.0, Depth = 3.2, Length = 42.7 | |