Soft black leather case holding two steel cut-throat razors

Made:
1880-1925

Soft black leather case holding two steel cutthroat razors, tassel on bottom, cylindrical, Niger-Benue District, Nigeria, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A69155
Materials:
leather
Measurements:
length 170 mm
with tassel: length 360 mm
diameter 42 mm
type:
razors
credit:
Martin, V.C.

Parts

Cut-throat razor, hinged, steel covered wooden handle

Cut-throat razor, hinged, steel covered wooden handle

Steel cutthroat razor, hinged in steel covered wooden handle, pivoted, crudely executed

Measurements:
blade: length 73 mm
handle: length 88 mm
blade: width 17 mm
handle: diameter 9 mm
Materials:
steel and handle, wood
Object Number:
A69155 Pt1
type:
razors
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Cut-throat razor, wooden handle, steel cuff

Cut-throat razor, wooden handle, steel cuff

Steel cutthroat razor, wooden handle with steel cuff, pivoted blade, fairly crudely executed

Measurements:
blade: length 79 mm
handle: length 117 mm
blade: width 13 mm
Materials:
steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A69155 Pt2
type:
razors
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Case for two cut-throat razors

Case for two cut-throat razors

Soft black leather case, cylindrical, for two steel cutthroat razors Niger-Benue District, Nigeria, 1880-1925

Measurements:
length 170 mm
with tassel: length 360 mm
diameter 42 mm
Materials:
leather
Object Number:
A69155 Pt3
type:
case - container
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Cut-throat razor, hinged, steel covered wooden handle

Cut-throat razor, hinged, steel covered wooden handle

Steel cutthroat razor, hinged in steel covered wooden handle, pivoted, crudely executed, Niger-Benue District, Nigeria, 1880-1925

Measurements:
overall: 12 mm x 132 mm x 20 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A69155 Pt4
type:
razors
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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