Broom

Museum number:
5-10208
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010208
Alternate number:
B-2200 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
broom (besom-type); fiber; vari-colored twined handle; L. 45.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Meko, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Meko; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1950
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 45.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-4
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Broom, accession number 5-10208, described as broom (besom-type); fiber; vari-colored twined handle; L. 45.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broom, accession number 5-10208, described as broom (besom-type); fiber; vari-colored twined handle; L. 45.5 cm.

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