A fly switch, especially for the dead, used to frighten away flies from a dead person. Usually it is a stick, āyiw, or arrow-grass cane, bilāu, on the end of which is tied rice straws or feathers.
Maphod nan bilāu hi ipaūtan nan ūlut an mangiyammah wahīwah nan natoy.
A spear-grass cane on which stripped rice panicles are tied is good for making a fly switch.