Broom
37-22-100
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 37-22-100 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bolom |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
Section | African |
Materials | Grass |
Description | Cf. the Soko broom 37-22-23. In this type of brook the splints are spread out fanwise and kept in position by being lashed to transverse fascia formed of other splints. Bes=brown; baska= sweeping, brushing; baw = outside. These brooms are used for sweeping up outside the houses. |
Length | 48 cm |
Width | 49 cm |
Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
Other Number | 82 - Collector Number |
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