Metal folding knife

Museum number:
5-15168
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015168
Accession number:
Acc.4413
Description:
Razor/ear cleaner, white metal. Incised geometric designs. Length of handle 14 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi Market. Used by men to shave facial hair and heads. Razor type is "straight razor." Mens' heads were shaved.
Donor:
Bruce Max Feldman and Kate Delos
Collection place:
N'Guigmi market, Lake Chad, Niger
Verbatim coll. place:
Niger; Lake Chad; N'guigmi
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Metal folding knife, accession number 5-15168, described as Razor/ear cleaner, white metal. Incised geometric designs. Length of handle 14 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi Market. Used by men to shave facial hair and heads. Razor type is "straight razor." Mens' heads were shaved.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal folding knife, accession number 5-15168, described as Razor/ear cleaner, white metal. Incised geometric designs. Length of handle 14 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi Market. Used by men to shave facial hair and heads. Razor type is "straight razor." Mens' heads were shaved.

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