Sauna whisk
Broom used for bathing in saunas or banyas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A sauna whisk (Estonian: viht; Finnish: vasta or vihta; Latvian: pirtslota; Lithuanian: vanta; Russian: банный веник, IPA: [ˈbanːɨj ˈvʲenʲɪk]) or bath broom is a besom, or broom, used for bathing in saunas and Russian banyas.[2][3][4]
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- Boris Kustodiyev, Russian Venus (1925–1926)
- Finnish birch vihta
- Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, a public banya (1760s)
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