Central Africa, DR Congo, Luba people, 20th century. A fly whisk with a carved handle topped by a small head, a fibre-wrapped shaft, and a long tail of horse hair. It is bound with cord, and the handle is made of bone and wood.

Among the Luba, fly whisks were carried as emblems of authority by chiefs and diviners and were sometimes charged with medicines. Field collected, Kenya, 2011.