Broom
Unidentified Basuto maker
1965
Grass, Thread
Overall: 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
166.1.15835
Geography
Place Made: Lesotho, Southern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Furnishings: Household Accessory
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
J. R. Ivy, Ltd., Pretoria, South Africa; purchased by Professor James W. Fernandez for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1965; sold to present collection, 1966.
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