Toothpick and ear wax cleaner

Museum number:
9-11097a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
52 (original number) and 9-11097
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
[handwritten in pen on card: a)] toothpick and [handwritten in pen on card: b)] ear wax cleaner; aluminum (?); each 5 1/2 cm. length
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India; Rajasthan, Udaipur district
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
August 1969
Materials:
Aluminum (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
used anytime by men or women (mainly from villages) to pick teeth and clean ears; made by metalworker castes.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 5.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Toothpick and ear wax cleaner, accession number 9-11097a,b, described as [handwritten in pen on card: a)] toothpick and [handwritten in pen on card: b)] ear wax cleaner; aluminum (?); each 5 1/2 cm. lengthHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Toothpick and ear wax cleaner, accession number 9-11097a,b, described as [handwritten in pen on card: a)] toothpick and [handwritten in pen on card: b)] ear wax cleaner; aluminum (?); each 5 1/2 cm. lengthHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Toothpick and ear wax cleaner, accession number 9-11097a,b, described as [handwritten in pen on card: a)] toothpick and [handwritten in pen on card: b)] ear wax cleaner; aluminum (?); each 5 1/2 cm. length
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toothpick and ear wax cleaner, accession number 9-11097a,b, described as [handwritten in pen on card: a)] toothpick and [handwritten in pen on card: b)] ear wax cleaner; aluminum (?); each 5 1/2 cm. length

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