- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Semi-oval back scratcher with serrated straight edge and incised decoration at the edge. [JP 29/10/2001]
- Geographical reference
- West Papua
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1878
- Date collected
- ?Prior to 1878
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Turtleshell Reptile, Process Carved, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length x Width 203 x 102 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.70.40 PR Cat other PR nos: 3452
Search terms: Toilet, Back Scratcher, Toilet Article
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