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piece of real tortoiseshell
MANUFACTURING AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT
raw material
Asia: Seychelles
Mid 20th c.
tortoiseshell
overall: 187 mm x 70 mm
2015.293
MANUFACTURING AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT
raw material
Asia: Seychelles
Mid 20th c.
tortoiseshell
overall: 187 mm x 70 mm
Hoof edge section of tortoiseshell from a Hawksbill turtle carapace. (Raw material for spectacle frame manufacture). Flattened but unpolished. Historic handwritten paper label stuck on.
2015.293
Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015