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Catalog Number |
CAS 2014-0001-0036 | |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Insect whisk | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
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| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Reed stems; Bone | |
| Description | Insect whisk to keeping insects (particularly mosquitoes) from one’s body, consisting of thick reed stems that are bundled together and inserted in a hollowed section of bone (probably pig) that has been bleached and etched on the exterior with two images of a splayed lizard. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 5.5, Depth = 3.2, Length = 57.6 | |