Steel strigil with curved blade

Steel strigil with curved blade, arrow-shaped Steel strigil with curved blade, arrow-shaped Steel strigil with curved blade, arrow-shaped

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Steel strigil with curved blade, arrow-shaped
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steel strigil with curved blade, arrow-shaped
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steel strigil with curved blade, arrow-shaped
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steel strigil with curved blade, arrow-shaped, but with rounded tip, leather thong attached to loop at end, some decoration on shaft, African, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A15516
Materials:
steel and leather
Measurements:
length 165 mm
maximum: width 31 mm
type:
strigils
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)