Steel cutthroat razor
- Made:
- 1890-1910
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Steel cutthroat razor, large folding blade with slender cylindrical handle contained in soft leather case with geometrical designs and long slings, razor possibly North African, razor, West African, case, 1890-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A200493
- Materials:
- steel, wood and case, leather
- Measurements:
-
razor, open: length 253 mm
razor, handle: length 165 mm
razor, blade: length 100 mm
razor, handle: diameter 11 mm
razor, blade: width 24 mm
case: length 65 mm
cover: length 60 mm
sling: length 340 mm
cover (approx.): diameter 52 mm
tassel: length 100 mm
- type:
- razors
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
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