Description: wood, gold foil, cloth, animal hair (horse-tail), Fly-whisks are part of the regalia of chiefs and notables, and are set in front of them on public occasions serving as a sign of rank and status. As vital component of the "aja" (sacred family inheritance) they were crucial items in funerary displays honoring recently deceased elders. Continent: Africa
Dimensions: H: 120 cm, H: 47,2 inch
Condition Report: See description
Literature: Ross, Doran H., Gold of the Akan from the Glassell Collection, Houston 2002, p. 235 ff.
Provenance: Dieter Schaffner, Gro?-Gerau, Germany