Broom "Kpangbei"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: FAN-SHAPED ITEM W/ RAFFIA-WRAPPED HANDLE W/ A GEOMETRIC DESIGN. THIN LOOP ON HANDLE FOR HANGING. PALM LEAF RIBS HELD FLAT W/ A DOUBLE CURVILINEAR SEAM W/ MIRRORS THE LINE OF BROOM'S BOTTOM. BOUGHT AT BONTHE CO-OP. MALE MAKER. MAY ALSO BE USED TO FAN FIRES. "HDUVU-WII" IS A SHERBRO TERM WHICH COULD REFER TO THE PART OF THE PALM. SEE MANUSCRIPT P. 82.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bonthe, Bonthe District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sherbro
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427472-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Broom
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 44 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 25 cm