Razor, steel, from the Congo

Made:: 1850-1925

Razor, steel, from the Congo, Central Africa, 1850-1925
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Razor, steel, from the Congo, Central Africa, 1850-1925

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A623511

Materials:: steel

Measurements:: length 120 mm
blade: width 30 mm
loop: thickness 6 mm

type:: razors

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Razor, steel, from the Congo

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