Steel strigil with curved blade

Steel strigil with curved blade

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Steel strigil with curved blade
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Steel strigil with curved blade, arrow-shaped but rounded at tip, with leather thong attached through looped end of shaft, African, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651163
Materials:
steel and leather
type:
strigils
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)