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A bundle of thin fibres (which form the brush) held together by thin strips of wood wrapped around one half of the bundle, topped with a piece of cloth to create a cap.<br /> <br /> This brush was used in a procedure called bemaegi , which involves starching fabric to level threads on the surface of the warp and maintain humidity. It was made of pine roots and by binding them together at the end of the handle with hemp cloth. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 279]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Brush
1900 – 1950
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
2009/2.52
Horizontally positioned statue in the shape of an animal. The back of the statue is flattened with a slight concave in the middle. The body is decorated with a carved diamond design consisting of intersecting lines. and the tail has a rectangular shape. There is a metal ring wrapped around the neck in addition to multicolored beads. There is also a piece of fiber attached to the neck of the statue with a small bell-shaped wooden piece attached to the end of the fiber.
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Friction Oracle
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.358
A man holding on to a woman&#39;s hand, helping her walk across. He is holding a broom in the other hand, she is wearing a formal dress. There is a busy street behind.
Philbert-Louis Debucourt
Pass and Pay [Passez Payez]
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2013/2.572
A travel box with two inkwells and a brush. The inkwells have metal lids and glass bases.
Artist Unknown
Travel inkwell set with 2 glass ink bottle in base with caps, with brush, paper box
1875 – 1975
Gift in loving memory of Donald Maxwell Robiner from his family
2010/1.263
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