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piece of real tortoiseshell
MANUFACTURING AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT
raw material
Asia: Seychelles
Mid 20th c.
tortoiseshell
overall: 210 mm x 185 mm
2015.290
MANUFACTURING AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT
raw material
Asia: Seychelles
Mid 20th c.
tortoiseshell
overall: 210 mm x 185 mm
Section of tortoiseshell from a Hawksbill turtle carapace. (Raw material for spectacle frame manufacture). Unflattened, shown half polished and half unpolished by way of an educational demonstration of the material's properties.
2015.290
Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015