Wooden strigil

Made:
1880-1930
Wooden strigil, S-shaped

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Wooden strigil, S-shaped
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Wooden strigil, S-shaped, flat grip decorated with diagonal crosses burnt into wood, Calabar, Nigeria, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656779
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
length 205 mm
grip: width 42 mm
thickness 5 mm
type:
strigils

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