Pair of iron tweezers

Made:
1890-1925 in Tanzania
Pair of iron tweezers

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Pair of iron tweezers, doubled strip of metal with oar-shaped tips, Kaguru, Tanganyika, 1890-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A5629
Materials:
iron
Measurements:
length 125 mm
maximum: thickness 14 mm
between prongs: width 13 mm
type:
tweezers
credit:
Glendining

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