Skinning or erasing tool

Details

• Title

  Skinning or erasing tool

• Associated place

  Europe › France (probable) (probable place of creation)

  Europe › Italy (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1575 - 1600

• Material and technique

  metal (probably steel), ivory, lead, brass, horn

• Object type

  tool/implement;

  sculpture › figure

• Dimensions

  23.6 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm (height x width x depth)
  figure 7.8 cm (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by J. Francis Mallett, 1947.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 1 | Exploring the Past

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1947.191.279

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