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Back scratcher

Title	Back scratcher
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Woodwork Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	From register length: 44.3 cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1053-1869
Record ID	1053-1869
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	Carved wooden back scratcher, Egypt (possibly), Ottoman period, 1800-69
İlişki	Paris Exhibition, 1867 Husayn Fahmi Cairo
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Carved wood Wood Carved
Fiziksel açıklama	The shaft is cylindrical in form and fashioned from a single piece of dark wood carved with floral scrolls and tulips along the edges and sides, terminating in an oval shaped end with a single interlacing geometric motif in the centre and a âscale-likeâ pattern cut in relief on the reverse.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Back scratcher

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Woodwork Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions From register length: 44.3 cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1053-1869

Record ID 1053-1869

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes Carved wooden back scratcher, Egypt (possibly), Ottoman period, 1800-69

İlişki Paris Exhibition, 1867 Husayn Fahmi Cairo

Malzemeler ve teknikler Carved wood Wood Carved

Fiziksel açıklama The shaft is cylindrical in form and fashioned from a single piece of dark wood carved with floral scrolls and tulips along the edges and sides, terminating in an oval shaped end with a single interlacing geometric motif in the centre and a âscale-likeâ pattern cut in relief on the reverse.

Üslup Ottoman