Cane strigil, S-shaped

Made:: 1880-1910

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Cane strigil, S-shaped, rectangular scraper with incised criss-cross design on both sides, said to be from East Indies but probably African, 1880-1910

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Object Number:: A657891

type:: strigils, ethnography (african) hygiene (scraping), strigils, ethnography (african)

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