Broom

Museum number:
3-23109
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Accession number:
Acc.2248
Description:
Broom made of four "guano" palm (sabal sp.) fronds trimmed flat on leaf end; bound with two-ply cordage of inner tree bark near middle and with piece of vine on stems; length 61 cm
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Lacanjá, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Chiapas; Lacanjá; Lacandon Indians
Culture or time period:
Lacandon
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
October 14, 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brooms (maintenance tools)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broom, accession number 3-23109, described as Broom made of four "guano" palm (sabal sp.) fronds trimmed flat on leaf end; bound with two-ply cordage of inner tree bark near middle and with piece of vine on stems; length 61 cm

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