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Besom
Two besom broom heads. Each is made of birch twigs and bound with three lengths of galvanised wire. They were made for the Museum by Albert West, a broom maker from Tadley, Hampshire, who was still taking occasional orders for besoms in 1983 at the age of 73.
Contributors
- West, Albert
Subject
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Besom making
Type of item
- Besom
Date
- 1980/1983
- 1980/1983
Contributors
- West, Albert
Subject
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Besom making
Type of item
- Besom
Date
- 1980/1983
- 1980/1983
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Places
- Tadley
- Tadley
- United Kingdom
Provenance
- Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Identifier
- 83/7
- 15597
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading/15597
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-07-31T16:29:29.981Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-10-18T15:44:57.982Z