Broom

Museum number:
9-11474
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
broom; consists of what resembles broom corn - a variety of sorghum - bundled together; handle is a recycled mustard oil can. length 1.02 meters
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1970
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brooms (maintenance tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used daily - generally by women in a crouching position
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 1.02 meters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Broom, accession number 9-11474, described as broom; consists of what resembles broom corn - a variety of sorghum - bundled together; handle is a recycled mustard oil can. length 1.02 metersHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Broom, accession number 9-11474, described as broom; consists of what resembles broom corn - a variety of sorghum - bundled together; handle is a recycled mustard oil can. length 1.02 meters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broom, accession number 9-11474, described as broom; consists of what resembles broom corn - a variety of sorghum - bundled together; handle is a recycled mustard oil can. length 1.02 meters

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