MSSU African Art Exibit : The MSSU African Art collection features a variety of authentic works of art from various tribes located throughout Central Africa. The objects in the collection range from mundane day to day grooming tools to ritualistic masks and statues.
Title:
Animal Hair, Fly Whisk
Object Name:
Whisk, Fly, Animal Hair
Other Name:
Wood, Leather, Mende
Place of Origin:
Mende, Liberia / Sierra Leone, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
L = 14—3/4"

Used by chiefs and notables in the tribe, these prestige objects were used to swat away insects.
Description:
Fly whisk with animal hair of unknown origion, dark red or rust colored leather and wood handle. Double woven leather wrist straps, attached to very bottom of handle.
Collection:
Marianne Keown Collection
Material:
Animal Hair W/Wood and Leather
Used:
Domestic Use
Technique:
Carving / Weaving / Leather Works
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2015.3.1
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