- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Model plant fibre object, possibly a broom. Part of a model house; for the associated model parts see [1966.1.1361 .1 - .13 & .15 - .22]. [RH [OPS move] 1/3/2019]
- Long description
- Model plant fibre object, possibly a broom. Made from a cylindrical piece of wood covered in strips of plan fibre, bound with black stained plant fibre binding. Associated part of a model house. For the associated model parts see: Model hut [.1], two carved wooden figures [.2 and .3], an ornamental wooden object with plant fibre string binding and tassel [.4], 3 carved and stained wooden benches [.5 - .7], a woven square sago strainer [.8], a four legged woven basket with red dyed plant fibre tassels [.9], 2 basketry fan-shaped mats with a T-shaped ornament at the top [.10 - .11], 3 plant fibre ?brooms made from twisted and bound plant fibre [.12 - .14], a ?palm wood boat with one cross bar [.15], with 3 wooden stained paddles with crescent-shaped buts [.16 - .18], a strung wooden bow with plant fibre string [.19], and 3 wooden ?arrow shafts each with plant fibre binding and two barbed projections at one end [.20 - .22]. [RH [OPS move] 1/3/2019]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector J.B. Alexander
- PRM source Ipswich Museum
- PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1941
- Date collected
- By 1941
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Material Wood Plant, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 17 mm, Length: max 120 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.1.1361.14
1966.1.1361.14
Model plant fibre object, possibly a broom. Part of a model house; for the associated model parts see [1966.1.1361 .1 - .13 & .15 - .22]. [RH [OPS move] 1/3/2019]
1966.1.1361.14
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