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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
2015.291
MANUFACTURING AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT
raw material
Asia: Seychelles
Mid 20th c.
tortoiseshell
overall: 187 mm x 70 mm
Section of tortoiseshell from a Hawksbill turtle carapace. (Raw material for spectacle frame manufacture). Unflattened, and unpolished featuring two round areas of natural damage due to barnacles, by way of an educational demonstration of the material's properties.
2015.291
Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015