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Object Number
49-14-50/8333
Display Title
Whisk broom regularly used for sweeping around huts. Lisache
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Lisache
Inventory Description
Hand broom, vegetable fiber strips, folded/secured with braided fiber, fiber str
Classification
- Broom
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Lambia
- Yao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Mtimbuka; Fort Johnston, near
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 39 x 11 x 7.5 cm (15 3/8 x 4 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8333
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