Razor

Museum number:
9-8400
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4168
Description:
Razor, straight type, steel blade, hinged, closing into wood handle with metal at hinge; used for shaving facial hair and hair on head by Uighur males
Donor:
Patricia Berger and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Oshpaz Bazaar, Kashgar, Xinjiang autonomous region
Verbatim coll. place:
China; Sinkiang Province; Kashgar; Oshpaz Bazaar; Uighur
Collector:
Patricia Berger
Collection date:
September 1986
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Razors
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Razor, accession number 9-8400, described as Razor, straight type, steel blade, hinged, closing into wood handle with metal at hinge; used for shaving facial hair and hair on head by Uighur males
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Razor, accession number 9-8400, described as Razor, straight type, steel blade, hinged, closing into wood handle with metal at hinge; used for shaving facial hair and hair on head by Uighur males

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