Fly whisk with red horsehair tassel and turned wooden handle

A fly whisk photographed against a pale background, showing a dense tuft of reddish-brown hair bound at the top with plaited plant fiber. A dark, polished wooden handle with a tapering, turned form extends from the binding, angled diagonally across the frame.

Artist

Amhara artist

Date

Early to mid-19th century

Medium

Wood, hair, plant fiber, dye

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of African Art)

Size

1920 × 1613 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art