Flywhisk (tahiri ra’a)
Object type: Fly whisk
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Rurutu or Tupua'I Island
Date: Early–mid-19th century
Medium: Wood, coconut fiber, human hair
Dimensions: H. 30 1/4 × W. 6 × D. 2 3/8 in. (76.8 × 15.2 × 6 cm)
Classification: Wood-Implements
Geography:     French Polynesia Austral Islands 
Credit line: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 
New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession year: 1979