Soft black leather case holding two steel cut-throat razors

Made:
1880-1925

Soft black leather case holding two steel cutthroat razors, tassel on bottom, cylindrical, Niger-Benue District, Nigeria, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A69155
Materials:
leather
type:
razors
credit:
Martin, V.C.

Parts

Cut-throat razor, hinged, steel covered wooden handle

Cut-throat razor, hinged, steel covered wooden handle

Steel cutthroat razor, hinged in steel covered wooden handle, pivoted, crudely executed

Materials:
steel and handle, wood
Object Number:
A69155 Pt1
type:
razors
Cut-throat razor, wooden handle, steel cuff

Cut-throat razor, wooden handle, steel cuff

Steel cutthroat razor, wooden handle with steel cuff, pivoted blade, fairly crudely executed

Materials:
steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A69155 Pt2
type:
razors
Case for two cut-throat razors

Case for two cut-throat razors

Soft black leather case, cylindrical, for two steel cutthroat razors Niger-Benue District, Nigeria, 1880-1925

Materials:
leather
Object Number:
A69155 Pt3
type:
case - container
Cut-throat razor, hinged, steel covered wooden handle

Cut-throat razor, hinged, steel covered wooden handle

Steel cutthroat razor, hinged in steel covered wooden handle, pivoted, crudely executed, Niger-Benue District, Nigeria, 1880-1925

Measurements:
overall: 12 mm x 132 mm x 20 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A69155 Pt4
type:
razors