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HORSE HAIR FLY SWAT
c. 1900Subcollections
Overview
Long fly swat made from light coloured horse hair with a wooden handle.
Two sections of wooden handle are bound by string. A carved crisscross pattern is 54 cms down handle & is 1.5 cms wide. Lined markings to top of handle.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.521
Contextual information
Date estimation speculative, assumed it was used as a functional object and made by a local person prior to commercial fly swatters becoming readily available in rural Western Australia around the early 1900s.
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Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Last modified
Friday, 11 September, 2026
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