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piece of real tortoiseshell
MANUFACTURING AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT
raw material
Asia: Seychelles
Mid 20th c.
tortoiseshell

Section of real tortoiseshell from a Hawksbill turtle carapace. (Raw material for spectacle frame manufacture). Unflattened. Corporate display sample. Drilled hole close to one edge.


2021.382

Gift of Mr Colin Butterworth, 2021



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