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1966.1.1019

Palm leaf and cane brush. Cylindrical in shape, formed of lengths of cane bound together by two bands of woven leaf at one end. [AF [OPS Move] 21/3/2017]

1966.1.1019

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Collection type
Object
Description
Palm leaf and cane brush. Cylindrical in shape, formed of lengths of cane bound together by two bands of woven leaf at one end. [AF [OPS Move] 21/3/2017]
Geographical reference
Sri Lanka
Asia > Southern Asia > Sri Lanka
Person
Field collector Ernest Guy Clowes
PRM source Ipswich Museum
PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1947
Date collected
By 1947
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes
Material Cane Plant, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Bent, Process Woven, Process Bound
Dimensions
Diameter: max 45 mm, Length 327 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1966.1.1019 Other numbers: R.1947.111.16

Search terms: Tool, Furniture Dwelling, Brush, Broom

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