Object number
51/652
Collection
Description
This is a pair of metal curling tongs with large rounded ends used, when heated, for curling hair. Nothing else is known about them.
Physical description
1 pair of curling tongs: metal; fair condition- handle ends broken
Archival history
Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // 482-483. Two little tongs' (It is inferred that Smith's description is of these two particular tongs)
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_397.tif - High resolution image