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1915.25.106.21

Scoop or spatula belonging to toilet-chest [1915.25.105]. [BS [OPS move] 11/1/2017]

1915.25.106.21

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Collection type: Object
Description: Scoop or spatula belonging to toilet-chest [1915.25.105]. [BS [OPS move] 11/1/2017]
Long description: Scoop or spatula, possibly and ear cleaner belonging to toilet-chest [1915.25.105]. Formed of a thin shaft of ?horn which tapers to a rounded spoon like scoop at one end. [BS [OPS move] 11/1/2017]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; (Canton) Kwangtung Kuang-Tung Guangdong
Person: Field collector Henry Nottidge Moseley; Field collector HMS Challenger; PRM source Amabel Nevill Sollas
Date
Date collected: 1872 - 1876
Acquisition information: Donated: 1915
Materials and processes: Material Animal Horn, Process Carved
Dimensions: Diameter: max 3 mm, Length: max 123 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1915.25.106.21

Search terms: Toilet, Toilet Article, Spoon