Scrubber, hands & feet

Museum number:
9-11764
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011764
Alternate number:
K-4a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
scrubber for hands and feet; clay; oval with handle on top; upper part including handle has blue glaze on it; length 10 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Dalgate Bazaar, Srinagar, Kashmir
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Kashmir, Srinagar, Dal Gati Bazaar
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
July 1969
Materials:
Ceramic (material) (glazed)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used by both men and women to rub dead skin and dirt off hands and soles of feet. abrasive underside
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 10 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Scrubber, hands & feet, accession number 9-11764, described as scrubber for hands and feet; clay; oval with handle on top; upper part including handle has blue glaze on it; length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Scrubber, hands & feet, accession number 9-11764, described as scrubber for hands and feet; clay; oval with handle on top; upper part including handle has blue glaze on it; length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Scrubber, hands & feet, accession number 9-11764, described as scrubber for hands and feet; clay; oval with handle on top; upper part including handle has blue glaze on it; length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Scrubber, hands & feet, accession number 9-11764, described as scrubber for hands and feet; clay; oval with handle on top; upper part including handle has blue glaze on it; length 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Scrubber, hands & feet, accession number 9-11764, described as scrubber for hands and feet; clay; oval with handle on top; upper part including handle has blue glaze on it; length 10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scrubber, hands & feet, accession number 9-11764, described as scrubber for hands and feet; clay; oval with handle on top; upper part including handle has blue glaze on it; length 10 cm.

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