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Object Number 2007.18.8
Display Title Whisk for courtyard-cleaning
Descriptions
Object Description Whisk for courtyard-cleaning
Inventory Description Whisk, wood strips, bound together at one end
Classification
  • Broom
Department Ethnographic
Date 1981 or earlier
Culture
  • Lese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Ituri Forest
Dimensions Overall: 54 x 7 x 2.5 cm (21 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2007.18.8
Credit Line Gift of Irven DeVore
Provenance
Collector Irven DeVore (1981 - 12/27/07)
Donor Irven DeVore (1981 - 12/27/07)

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