Brown earthenware foot scraper

Made:
1880-1925 in Sudan
maker:
Unknown
Brown earthenware foot scraper

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Brown earthenware foot scraper, or "taktakah", handle in the form of a bird, rasp-like scraper underneath base, Sudanese, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A75008
Materials:
earthenware, glazed
Measurements:
height 86 mm
length 130 mm
width 61 mm
type:
foot scraper - body rasp
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust