Broom

37-22-100

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

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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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