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Back scratcher

Title	Back scratcher
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 57cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1030-1869
Record ID	1030-1869
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	Carved wood and horn back scratcher, Turkey, Ottoman period, 1850-69
Sample Text	Transliteration,
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Wood, horn, bone; carved
Fiziksel açıklama	The shaft is cylindrical in form and fashioned from a single piece of dark wood carved entirely with bands of floral scrolls running in a diagonal pattern, terminating in an oval shaped end with a roughened like surface on one side. At the other end is a carved handle fashioned in horn as a hand with the four fingers curved over, the white nails inset with bone, with the back of the hand and base delicately carved with foliate motifs.

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Back scratcher

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 57cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1030-1869

Record ID 1030-1869

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes Carved wood and horn back scratcher, Turkey, Ottoman period, 1850-69

Sample Text Transliteration,

Malzemeler ve teknikler Wood, horn, bone; carved

Fiziksel açıklama The shaft is cylindrical in form and fashioned from a single piece of dark wood carved entirely with bands of floral scrolls running in a diagonal pattern, terminating in an oval shaped end with a roughened like surface on one side. At the other end is a carved handle fashioned in horn as a hand with the four fingers curved over, the white nails inset with bone, with the back of the hand and base delicately carved with foliate motifs.