Back-Scratcher

Back-Scratcher

Object name: Back-Scratcher
Date: 1825
Dimensions:
340 mm
Medium: Buffalo horn, ivory
Object number: C02566
DescriptionBackscratcher. The end of the handle is carved with a figure of a bird. The Cuming catalogue describes this as a piece from Ceylon "said to have been obtained at the sack of the palace of the King of Kandy in 1825".