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Broom
Object Number 991-5-50/12382
Display Title Broom
Descriptions
Object Description Broom of vegetable fiber, twisted knots of which provide the handle at the top; held together by wide bands of vegetable fiber, four of which are green and bound together with thread.
Inventory Description Fiber bundle bound with woven fibers, blue, and string at one end, possible broo
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary
Materials Fiber, Cotton string, Vegetable fiber, Thread
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 18.5 x 9 cm (20 1/16 x 7 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-5-50/12382
Provenance
Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1957)
Donor Margaret Warner (1957 - 2/21/1991)

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