Broom
- Museum number:
- 5-16829
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016829
- Alternate number:
- 64 (previous number (donor's original number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4729
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- hand broom of split palm frond with braided frond bands (2) at 4cm and 11cm from the top to stablilize the broom.
- Donor:
- Dorothy Shack
- Collection place:
- Ethiopia
- Verbatim coll. place:
- East Africa, Ethiopia
- Collector:
- Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
- Materials:
- Palm
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Brooms (maintenance tools)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- May 22, 2002
- Context of use:
- household
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- length 48.5 centimeters and width 6 centimeters
- Images:
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