stay busk

Carved wooden stay busk, smooth on the reverse, and decorated with incised patterns. From the top these are rows of dentate motifs, four quatrefoil motifs set within squares, a heart shape decorated with dentate notches, and a curvilinear vegetal design. At the bottom is the date 1781, with the initials MB and SH above.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2012.22
Date
1781
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 334 mm x 50 mm x 5 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Perspectives > Museums perspective - back wall
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