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Ceremonial Whisk (čera or chira)
Ethiopian
19th–20th century

Ceremonial Whisk Handle with Hornbill
Akan peoples
19th–mid-20th century

Fly Whisk
China
15th century

Flywhisk (tahiri ra’a)
Rurutu or Tupua'I Island
Early–mid-19th century

Fly whisk (Hossu)
Hayakawa Shōkosai III
1920

Whisk
Japan

Fan or fly-whisk handle in the form of four female figures
Assyrian
ca. 8th–7th century BCE

Teabowl and Accessories
Japan
18th century

Ceremonial Whisk Handle
Baule peoples
19th–mid-20th century

Handle of a Fly Whisk
18th century

Ceremonial Whisk
Tiv peoples
19th–20th century

Ceremonial Whisk
Baule peoples
19th–mid-20th century

Ceremonial Wisk Handle
Baule peoples
20th century

Royal Whisk Handle: Female Figure
Chokwe peoples
19th–20th century

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
ca. mid-1st millennium BCE

Fly Whisk Holder (chauri)
ca. 1700

Ceremonial Whisk
Rwanda
19th–20th century

Handle for a Fly Whisk (Tahiri)
Maohi (Tahitian)
18th century

Ceremonial Whisk
Yaka peoples
19th–20th century

Banded Agate and Gem-Set Fly-Whisk
handle: 1750–60; tail: modern