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- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 20869
- World Region
- Africa
- Region
- Northeastern Africa
- Country
- Sudan
- Description
- Ornamental broom
- handle bound in blue plastic material, red at tip of handle
- flat broom head made of plant material
- plant material bound into columns at top of broom head
- columns wrapped in red nylon ribbon
- blue nylon border at bottom of red ribbon columns
- yellow and black striped plastic material wrapped around outer edges of ribbon section of head
- contributed by Heather Butcher, May 2002
- purchased as import in Habitat Store, Cantebury, U.K.
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (UMMA Artifact): Clahassey, Kay
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- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 3218 x 4462
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 17231
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-17231/17231
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/anthro1ic:17231:17231
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"Ornamental broom; handle bound in blue plastic material, red at tip of handle; flat broom head made of plant material; plant material bound into columns at top of broom head; columns wrapped in red nylon ribbon; blue nylon border at bottom of red ribbon columns; yellow and black striped plastic material wrapped around outer edges of ribbon section of head; contributed by Heather Butcher, May 2002; purchased as import in Habitat Store, Cantebury, U.K.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-17231/17231. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 28, 2024.