file
- Museum number
- As1972,Q.652
- Description
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Shell-working file made of wood and iron.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.50 centimetres (diameter of handle)
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Length: 29.50 centimetres
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Weight: 98 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Register slip: 'Transferred from the India Museum 1880. India, Bengal. File, of iron, square in section, cross hatched on each face; set in wooden handle with iron ferule. "Used for 1st processes in finishing shell bracelets." Bengal Committee, Calcutta. L. 12".'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1972,Q.652
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: As1880,Q5.7 (old CDMS no.)
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CDMS number: As1880D16.8 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: As,N/N.8
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Miscellaneous number: As1880