Black cardboard box with glass lid containing fragments of six iron razors
- Made:
- 1601-1800
Black cardboard box with glass lid containing fragments of six iron razors, cushioned in cotton wool, said to have been found at the Ju-Ju, southern Nigeria, 17th to 18th centuries
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A5099
- Materials:
- iron, box, cardboard and box, glass
- Measurements:
-
box: height 53 mm
box: length 150 mm
box: width 99 mm
razor, maximum: length 87 mm
razor, maximum: width 40 mm
razor, maximum: thickness 6 mm
- type:
- razors
- credit:
- Jeffreys, M.D.W.
