- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Tweezers for extracting the eyelashes of both sexes, worn also as an ornament.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Kamba
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1925
- Date collected
- By 1925
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1925
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Material Metal Wire
- Dimensions
- Length 100 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1925.70.22
Search terms: Ornament, Toilet, Body Art, Tool, Tweezers, Body Art Accessory, Toilet Article
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