Double ended razor

Made:: 1801-1930

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Double ended razor, one end curved, steel, from West Africa
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Double ended razor, one end curved, steel, from West Africa, 1801-1930

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A623470

Materials:: steel

type:: razors

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