Strigil, large flat section of bone used for scraping the human body
- Made:
- 1890-1923
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Strigil, large flat section of bone used for scraping the human body, Congolese, 1890-1923
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657924
- Materials:
- bone
- Measurements:
-
length 277 mm
width 87 mm
thickness 6 mm
- type:
- strigils
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
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