Brush made of thin palm leaf strips bound at the handle end with two bands of plaited grass, some of it dyed purple. [El.B 28/02/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Brush made of thin palm leaf strips bound at the handle end with two bands of plaited grass, some of it dyed purple. [El.B 28/02/2008]
Geographical reference: Tanzania, United Republic of
Africa > Eastern Africa > Tanzania, United Republic of
Person: Field collector Evelyn Mary Foxley; Field collector Dorothy Mary Meadows; Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa; PRM source Evelyn Mary Foxley; PRM source Dorothy Mary Meadows
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1952
Date collected: Foxley 1933-38 Meadows 1944-52
Acquisition information: Donated: 09/1995
Materials and processes: Material Palm Fibre Plant, Material Pigment, Process Plaited, Process Dyed, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 230 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1995.21.40

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