brushes

MAC CASC DEID-14-31, MAC CASC DEID-14-35, MAC CASC DEID-14-36, MAC CASC DEID-14-38, MAC CASC DEID-14-39, MAC CASC DEID-14-40

Object type brushes

Culture/period Contemporary

Materials wood, animal hair

Technique

Mint

Production date 1813

Museum Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - CASC

Current location

Archaeological site Deltebre I

Township Deltebre (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Tarragona, Baix Ebre)

Dimensions 210 x 68 x 31 mm, 200 x 67 x 11 mm, 156 x 49 x 17 mm, 202 x 66 x 21 mm, 160 x 60 x 15 mm, 182 x 62 x 15 mm

Description

These brushes were used to clean soldiers' uniforms. Many of them have initials etched by the owner himself. One of the brushes is larger than the rest and has no owner's marks. It may have been used to clean the ship's deck.

Omeka ID 3070