Fly-whisk comprised of sixteen strings of barrel-shaped blue faience beads : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, 1585-1545 BC

Fly-whisk of coconut fibre, sinnet and wood, with handle carved with two stylised human figures standing back to back: Polynesian, from Tahiti, Society Islands, 19th century

Fly-whisk handle of carved wood and feathers, with finial of two stylised figures standing back to back: Polynesian, from Tahiti, Society Islands, 19th century

Fly-whisk made from a zebra tail: Africa, Eastern Africa, Malawi or Zambia, late 19th century

Nephrite fly whisk holder acquired by Colonel Charles Seton Guthrie, Bengal Engineers, c. 1820s - 1850s while on service in India. Purchased by the museum when Guthrie’s collection was auctioned in London by Christie, Manson and Woods (now Christies) in 1875 after his death