Tongue scraper

Made:
1871-1900 in England
Tongue scraper, bone-handled

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Tongue scraper, bone-handled
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Tongue scraper, bone-handled, leather covered head with back of emery paper(?), by Gibson, personal relic of Dr. W.M. MacCulloch, English, late 19th century

Details

Category:
Dentistry
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652030
Materials:
handle, bone, head, leather and head, emery paper
Measurements:
overall: 17 mm x 137 mm x 7 mm, .012 kg
type:
tongue scrapers
credit:
Johnson-Saint