Palm brush 棕老虎

This is a good example of hand-made Chinese brushes, which is made from palm  fibre instead of animal hair. Palm fibre is well known as cleaning agent. This type of brush is widely used in rural China from many centuries ago. It’s known as a working class brushes. Nowadays, these produces are rarely seen in the market due to the brush involving a lot of man power. Only a handful of brush makers are producing them.