Elaborately carved ivory back scratcher

Ivory back scratcher, in the form of an elaborately carved stem terminating in an animal head at 1 end and a hand at the other end, possibly Indian

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Category:
Asian Medicine
Object Number:
A197390
type:
back scratchers, ethnography (indian), hygiene (scratching), therapeutics (general) back scratchers, ethnography (indian), hands, hygiene (scratching), therapeutics (general)

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