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Broom2814/22

Small broom with a short handle made of eight tightly woven braids. Loose strips of palm fibre have been split to make the bristles of the broom head. A black piece of rope is tied around the base and top of the handle, perhaps to hang the broom.

Culture
Yukuna
Material
tucum palm fibre
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhimsyZ1444

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
sweet grass and cotton fibre
Holding Institution
Nova Scotia Museum
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BroomK2.349

Short broom made from a bundle of strips of leaves bound at the top with twined string; binding in colours forms stripes of green and magenta; palm leaves of the broom are woven through the string to form diamond shape. Loop handle attached to binding.

Culture
Mossi
Material
palm leaf, palm fibre and dye
Made in
Burkina Faso
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BroomAa142

Three brown and white wing feathers bound together at the base with brown twine.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
kori bustard feather and sisal fibre
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BroomK4.202

Broom with red and natural colour string woven in diamond patterns and bound around top. Small looped handle on side at top.

Culture
Barotse
Material
reed grass, dye ? and fibre ?
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BroomN3.42

A grass broom with a silk-covered handle that has a multi-coloured horizontal line design embroidered with various shapes. The broom fans out from mid-way along the handle. At the end of the handle, there is an orange-red fabric looped tassel embroidered with flowers.

Culture
Korean
Material
grass, silk fibre and fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BroomN2.1146

Whisk broom with a short, thick, cylindrical handle of twined grass attached to a thick bundle of thin rice grass strands.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
rice grass
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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