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Flywhisk (tahiri ra’a), Wood, coconut fiber, human hair, Rurutu or Tupua'I Island — Flywhisk (tahiri ra’a)
Rurutu or Tupua'I Island
Early–mid-19th century

Saya Inrō with Bamboo Grove (exterior) and Rooster with Hen (interior), Koma Sadahide Japanese, Sheath shape; lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e on black lacquer ground Netsuke: sage lashing his back with a fly whisk; wood with coral and ivory inlay Ojime: bronze bead with metal inlay of flowers, Japan — Saya Inrō with Bamboo Grove (exterior) and Rooster with Hen (interior)
Koma Sadahide
second half of the 18th century

Handle of whip or fly whisk, Faience, green — Handle of whip or fly whisk
ca. mid-1st millennium BCE

Fly whisk (Hossu), Hayakawa Shōkosai III Japanese, Ladyfinger bamboo, rattan, and deer hide, Japan — Fly whisk (Hossu)
Hayakawa Shōkosai III
1920

Fly Whisk, Ivory with tin beads and palm-leaf fibers, China — Fly Whisk
China
15th century

Banded Agate and Gem-Set Fly-Whisk, Handle: Banded agate, carnelian and sard, rubies, pearl<br/>Tail: Yak hair — Banded Agate and Gem-Set Fly-Whisk
handle: 1750–60; tail: modern