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Object Number
40-24-50/4944
Display Title
Woman's plait picker and louse scratcher
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's plait picker and louse scratcher - iron, decorated with incisions, wire wound around base of point
Inventory Description
Scraper, pick, triangular head, central, tapered stem, wire wrapped
Classification
- Scraper
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mberidi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Peili, near Wau
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 8.3 x 1.4 x 0.3 cm (3 1/4 x 9/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-24-50/4944
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