Brush made from a bundle of grass stems folded in half and bound for 31 mm at the top with plant fibre to form a handle. [JP 24/10/2001]

Collection type: Object
Description: Brush made from a bundle of grass stems folded in half and bound for 31 mm at the top with plant fibre to form a handle. [JP 24/10/2001]
Geographical reference: Mexico
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Mexico
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PRM source Frank Norman Howes
Date / Period: Date made: 1879?, uncertain
Date collected: ?1879
Acquisition information: Donated: 1961
Materials and processes: Material Agave Fibre Plant, Process Bound, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Diameter: max 53 mm, Length: max 141 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1961.7.58

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