Accession No

TEMP.02308.5


Description

Fibre brush with red cloth binding; handle consists of a bundle of canes bound in three places with strips of cane and red cloth.


Place

Asia; South Asia; ?Sri Lanka


Period


Source


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

TEMP.02308.5; MAA: 1918.215.20/Record 2 [incorrect no]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Cane; Plant; Cloth


Local Term


Measurements

301mm x 32mm x 796mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Five objects of unknown use. Each consists of a bundle of canes bound in three places with strips of cane. Fan-shaped protrusion of vegetable fibre bound to end of canes with split cane. Red cloth showing between the split cane.
Event Date 8/11/2000
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
One of five objects of unknown use, most likely a fan. Each consists of a bundle of canes bound in three places with strips of cane. Fan-shaped protrusion of vegetable fibre bound to end of canes with split cane. Red cloth binding showing between the split cane. Shorter than the others in the set, with the cane lengths cut lower down the shafts. Either a fan, flywhisk or a broom.
Event Date 28/11/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Fibre brush with red cloth binding; handle consists of a bundle of canes bound in three places with strips of cane and red cloth.
Event Date 6/7/2023
Author: Heather Donoghue


FM:282189

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