Tweezers

Museum number:
2-2272
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Hair tweezers used by natives to pull hair out of their face.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tanana River, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanana River
Culture or time period:
Tanana
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tweezers
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Hair tweezers. Used by natives to pull hair out of their face.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2.625 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tweezers, accession number 2-2272, described as Hair tweezers used by natives to pull hair out of their face.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tweezers, accession number 2-2272, described as Hair tweezers used by natives to pull hair out of their face.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tweezers, accession number 2-2272, described as Hair tweezers used by natives to pull hair out of their face.

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