Fly Whisk (Tahiri), early to mid-19th century, French Polynesia, Austral Islands, Austral Islanders, Wood, fiber, human hair, W. 5 1/8 x L. 32 in. (13 x 81.3 cm), Wood-Implements, Artists of the Austral Islands created delicate fly whisks with handles adorned with stylized human figures that likely portray ancestors or other supernatural beings. This work depicts two highly stylized male figures who share a single teardrop-shaped body
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Fly Whisk, Tahiri, early, mid-19th century, French Polynesia, Austral Islands, Islanders, Wood, fiber, human hair, W, 5 1/8 x L, 32, 13 81.3 cm, Wood-Implements, Artists, Islands created, delicate, fly, whisks, handles adorned, stylized human, figures, portray ancestors, supernatural beings, work depicts, two, highly, stylized, male, share, single teardrop-shaped, body
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