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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