Metal razor with cuneiform blade sharp at base and spike handle

Made:
1870-1925
Metal razor with cuneiform blade sharp at base and spike handle

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Metal razor with cuneiform blade sharp at base and spike handle
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Metal razor with cuneiform blade sharp at base and spike handle, decorated with incised pattern, from Lake Tanganyika, East African, 1870-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A212609
Materials:
iron, ? place
type:
razors
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)