- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Boy's iron razor.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Chagga
- Person
- Field collector William Ernest Taylor
- Field collector Church Missionary Society
- PRM source Catherine Taylor
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1890
- Date collected
- 1882 - 1890
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1927
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal
- Dimensions
- Length 51 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1927.84.21
Search terms: Toilet, Children and Childcare, Razor, Toilet Article
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