Tongue scrapers

Museum number:
9-11633
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
Tongue scrapers (?); colored plastic oblong objects perforated at each end; possibly also made as fan ribs; Nine inches assorted colors on a safety pin. Length 20 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1968-1970
Materials:
Plastic (organic material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
tongue scrapers (?)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 20 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tongue scrapers, accession number 9-11633, described as Tongue scrapers (?); colored plastic oblong objects perforated at each end; possibly also made as fan ribs; Nine inches assorted colors on a safety pin. Length 20 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tongue scrapers, accession number 9-11633, described as Tongue scrapers (?); colored plastic oblong objects perforated at each end; possibly also made as fan ribs; Nine inches assorted colors on a safety pin. Length 20 cm.

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