Razor

Museum number:
5-2963
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Barber's iron folding razor; Aska handmade; hand forged.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Tilden Fulani market, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Hausa; Tilden Fulani Market
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Razors
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Razor, accession number 5-2963, described as Barber's iron folding razor; Aska handmade; hand forged.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Razor, accession number 5-2963, described as Barber's iron folding razor; Aska handmade; hand forged.

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