Fireplace Broom
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- grass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.0011
- Description
- A short, stalky broom. Half of length of broom is the sweeping portion. Stalks of "broom" are bound in flat fibre forehandle one stalk being carried up and back into the handle to form a hanger. At base of handle additional stalks are added to give broom full width, and each of the three clusters o…
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- Title
- Fireplace Broom
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- grass; wood
- Dimensions
- 59.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- A short, stalky broom. Half of length of broom is the sweeping portion. Stalks of "broom" are bound in flat fibre forehandle one stalk being carried up and back into the handle to form a hanger. At base of handle additional stalks are added to give broom full width, and each of the three clusters of stalks is individually bound.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.0011
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