Sedge or reed bursh for sweeping the floor

Sedge or reed bursh for sweeping the floor

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Sedge or reed bursh for sweeping the floor
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Sedge or reed bursh for sweeping the floor, cylindrical handle of coiled grasses, long switch like brush, African, 1880-1930

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651143
Materials:
sedge, ? material, reed, ? material, grasses and raffia
Measurements:
length 770 mm
handle, max.: diameter 56 mm
type:
brushes