tray (toilet articles)

Rectangular hair dresser's tray with wooden base, made of rattan cane with openwork sides with interlocking coils of double canes, both mouthrim and footrim are coiled.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
4787i
Date
1890-1894
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 43 mm x 169 mm x 115 mm; 1 11/16 in x 6 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cane; wood
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Perspectives > Museums perspective - back wall
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