brush
- Museum number
- Af1953,24.8
- Description
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Composite brush, the brush made of black animal hair, with barkcloth-covered handle, and with loop having six cowrie-shells on middle.
- Dimensions
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Height: 44 centimetres
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Width: 10 centimetres
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Depth: 4.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1953:
"Brush used by Head Priest [sic] to brush the foreheads of those who attend "Lubari" or Spirit worship." UNYORO, UGANDA.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1953
- Acquisition notes
- Af1953,24.1 to 85 is a group of African objects purchased from the historic collection of the Anglican Church Missionary Society.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1953,24.8