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Broom
Museum number:
18-729
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000729
Description:
Broom, wood handles, bristles of sugar or cocoanut palm leaf ribs. Used by women, young boys to sweep inside home, yard, road near home, walls; sometimes used by men in cooperative village cleanups. Length 115 cm.
Collection place:
Minangkabau highlands, West Sumatra, Sumatra
Culture or time period:
Minangkabau
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brooms (maintenance tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Tools