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piece of real tortoiseshell
MANUFACTURING AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT
raw material
Asia: Seychelles
Mid 20th c.
tortoiseshell
overall: 129 mm x 35 mm

Section of tortoiseshell from a Hawksbill turtle carapace. (Raw material for spectacle frame manufacture). Flattened and semi-polished.


2015.294

Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015



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