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Object Number
94-21-30/51575
Display Title
Broom with handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Broom, split palm straws held around wooden stick with plaited palm bands
Classification
- Broom
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
Materials
Wood, Organic, Palm leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 148 x 15 x 15 cm (58 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
94-21-30/51575
Provenance
Collector
Brazilian Commissioner at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago
(1894)
Donor
Brazilian Commissioner at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago
(1894)
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