- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Grinder/ rubber of sandalwood used for making marriage perfume.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa
- PRM source Universities' Mission to Central Africa
- PRM source Josephine Choveaux
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1919
- Date collected
- By 1919
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1919
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant
- Dimensions
- Length: max 95 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1919.66.2.2
Search terms: Toilet, Body Art, Marriage, Tool, Toilet Article, Grinder, Body Art Accessory
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