Broom
- Museum number:
- 16-7487
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160007487
- Accession number:
- Acc.1049
- Description:
- Small broom; palm rib; woven handle; length: 26.5 cm.
- Donor:
- Esther L. Matteson
- Collection place:
- Huau village, Junin Region, Central Peru
- Culture or time period:
- Mashco-Piro
- Maker or artist:
- Juan Miquea (Sholene)
- Collector:
- Esther L. Matteson
- Collection date:
- 1948
- Materials:
- Palm leaf (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Brooms (maintenance tools)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- 1951
- Context of use:
- Made by Juan Miquea (Sholene). Men make them. Women use them for sweeping ground. More elaborate than usual. Simple bundles usual.
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Legacy documentation:
-