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piece of real tortoiseshell
MANUFACTURING AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT
raw material
Asia: Seychelles
Mid 20th c.
tortoiseshell
overall: 290 mm x 163 mm
2015.292
MANUFACTURING AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT
raw material
Asia: Seychelles
Mid 20th c.
tortoiseshell
overall: 290 mm x 163 mm
Wing plate section of tortoiseshell from a Hawksbill turtle carapace. (Raw material for spectacle frame manufacture). Unflattened, and unpolished. Historic handwritten paper label stuck on.
2015.292
Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015