Earthenware skin scraper in the form of a duck

Made:
1880-1925 in Sudan
maker:
Unknown
Earthenware skin scraper in the form of a duck

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Black earthenware skin scraper,in form of duck with moulded decoration, base forms rasp, Sudanese, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A55325
Materials:
earthenware (glazed) and decoration, seed, beads
Measurements:
height 74 mm
length 111 mm
width 54 mm
type:
foot scraper - body rasp
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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