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Fly Whisk Handle

18th century
Object PlaceIndia
Medium/TechniqueDark green nephrite jade
Dimensions20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Goelet
Accession number67.838
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ClassificationsUnclassified
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ProvenanceBy 1967, John Goelet, New York; 1967 gift of John Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 13, 1967)
17th or 18th century
19th century
Blade (zhang)
12th century B.C.
Group shot: 2004.2235-2237
Maori peoples
19th–20th century
Group shot: 2004.2235-2237
Maori peoples
19th–20th century
late 17th–early 18th century
17th century
Short Ritual Implement (Yue)
late 3rd millennium B.C.
Round Ritual Implement (Bi)
14th–13th century B.C.