Ivory back scratcher with long cylindrical stem

Made:: 1701-1800

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Ivory back scratcher with long cylindrical stem, tortoiseshell handles at proximal end, hand at distal end, possibly 18th century

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Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A642288

Materials:: ivory and tortoiseshell

type:: back scratchers

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Ivory back scratcher with long cylindrical stem

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