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BRUSH

Dimensions22 x 9 cm
Object numberHF.2021.16.187 A-C
DescriptionThree sweet grass brushes. Each brush is different. One of the brushes is braided before it is loose to form the brush. The braided section is folded over and join the rest of the brush. The loose part of the brush is held flat by red string. There is also a loop of brown leather threaded through the braided section. The second consists of two bunches of sweet grass. One that forms is folded and forms the handle which is double wrapped with pink dyed wood splints. The other bunch of sweet grass crosses the first bunch that folds and is laid beside the central part. The loose part of the brush is held flat with a decorative weaving of pink wood splints. The third is forms in a similar way as the second except the handle holds a wood splint wrapped ring. And the three bundles of the loose part of the brush are woven around four times with wood splints.