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Broom

Object Number:P621
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Madang
Provenience: Borneo
Dutch East Borneo
Klinjau River
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Plant Fiber
Peel
Length: 74 cm
Width: 26.5 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

Description

Penik. Handle made of a bundle of plant fiber held together with braided peel rings. The broom head has the bundle of fibers spliting into individual strands.

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