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Fue

human history
  • Other Name

    fue

    Fly whisk (English)

  • Description

    Fue. Fly Whisk. Fue are reserved only for use by orators and high chiefs, they are carried by them during oratory and ceremonial presentations. Fue have two parts; a handle and the whisk. The handle is made from wood and the whisk is made from many fuafuati (bundles of strands) of either 'afa (sennit) or horse hair. This fue has a medium brown wooden handle, cylindrical in shape, that tapers in slightly towards the top.

    There are four rows of 'afa wrapped around the base of the handle as well as a loop. The whisk is thick and long with fuafuati 'afa which have been halfway plaited, knotted, and then left loose.

  • Place
    Samoa/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1990.39
  • Accession Date
    09 Feb 1990
  • Other Id

    53413 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk, 1990.39, 53413, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Fly whisk 53413
  • Fly whisk 53413
  • Fly whisk 53413
  • Fly whisk 53413
  • Fly whisk 53413
  • Fly whisk 53413

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