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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Flywhisk with Carved Handle
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Flywhisk with Carved Handle

Maker
Date19th century
MediumWood and leather
Dimensions27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm)
ClassificationsTribal Art
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Accession number ASC.2012.3
Descriptionhide whisk
On View
Not on view
Collections
ProvenanceAlfred Stieglitz, New York, NY; by bequest to Georgia O’Keeffe (his wife), New York, NY, 1946; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1949; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as co-owners, 2012
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