Number 134
System stick with a hollow, egg-shaped pommel, a flea egg with openwork decoration made of corozo nut, late 19th century. To attract the fleas, the egg was filled with blood or honey. The pommel is attached to a mahogany shaft with a long brass ferrule. Total length 90 cm.
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