Cutter
These octagonal boxes were used to carry betel or tobacco. The flower and foliage design is typically Islamic. Personal accessories, like cleaning instruments, were sometimes attached. Here we can see tooth and ear picks and nail cleaners.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 525/1974
- Collection Class
- Household objects
- Collection Area Region
- SE
- Material
- ?steel | silver | | |
- Common Name
- cutter
- Simple Name
- cutter
- Production Town
- Production Country
- Malaysia
- Production Date
- 19th century
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
