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Cylindrical handle formed from sapling; bark encased; brown corn died purple at one end; leather thong at other end.
firesets
bristle
dyeing
leather
wood (plant material)
Broom Corn
Bristle
Dyed
Leather
BROOM, FIREPLACE
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Gift of Ralph May
1971.907
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