Teeth blackener
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Tool, central band of blue and white striped cotton cloth, cloth sewn together with thread, bundle of bristly black hair protruding at either end of cloth band.
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Identifier
16-55-70/D691
Origin
Oceania, Philippines, Bagobo, Mindanao
Materials
Cotton fabric , Elephant hair , Thread
Physical Dimensions
Overall (fully extended): 32.3 × 3.7 × 1.3 cm (12 11/16 × 1 7/16 × 1/2 in.)
Display status
Not on display
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“Teeth blackener,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 26, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/13644.
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