Red earthenware skin scraper

Red earthenware skin scraper Red earthenware skin scraper

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Red earthenware skin scraper
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Red earthenware skin scraper, in form of crocodile with surpent on nose, base forms rasp, probably Sudanese, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A119849
Materials:
earthenware (glazed)
Measurements:
length 207 mm
width 59 mm
type:
foot scraper - body rasp
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)