Broom

Museum number:
9-17184
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
126 (tag)
Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Broom. Bamboo handle, dark brown color with part of commercial label printed in chinese characters glued to the surface. Straw ? stalks attached around handle with wire and metal grommets. Flat part of broom held fast and decorated with blue, green, red, cotton thread. Bamboo. Straw. Cotton thread. Wire or metal filament. Four metal tacks or grammets. Japan. Stored @ Marchant. 138 cm L x 31 cm W at base.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collection date:
1946-1954
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brooms (maintenance tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broom, accession number 9-17184, described as Broom. Bamboo handle, dark brown color with part of commercial label printed in chinese characters glued to the surface. Straw ? stalks attached around handle with wire and metal grommets. Flat part of broom held fast and decorated with blue, green, red, cotton thread. Bamboo. Straw. Cotton thread. Wire or metal filament. Four metal tacks or grammets. Japan. Stored @ Marchant. 138 cm L x 31 cm W at base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broom, accession number 9-17184, described as Broom. Bamboo handle, dark brown color with part of commercial label printed in chinese characters glued to the surface. Straw ? stalks attached around handle with wire and metal grommets. Flat part of broom held fast and decorated with blue, green, red, cotton thread. Bamboo. Straw. Cotton thread. Wire or metal filament. Four metal tacks or grammets. Japan. Stored @ Marchant. 138 cm L x 31 cm W at base.

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