Context (CMS Context)
(Bio): Sir Robert Foster (collector); Dr. C. White (donor)
Event Date 27/6/2006
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
hair flywhisk. There is a pink ribbon attached to the fly-whisk.
Event Date 27/6/2006
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Small ?flywhisk. shaft of bone , circular in section and flaring towards the rounded butt. At the top of the shaft, a conical piece of metal (?brass) is decorated at the top and bottom with two thin lines of small incisions. The piece of metal connects to a small rounded head of wood hidden inside the whisk Whisk of yellow (?horse) hair. Bunches of hair are knotted around the inner projection of the shaft. A length of pink (previously ?red) textile tied around the shaft. '2005.684' inscribed in black ink on the butt.
Event Date 19/9/2012
Author: maa