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Title |
Wooden Nail Buffers |
Object Name |
Buffer, Nail |
Description |
Two wooden nail buffers used at Mary Elizabeth "Kay" Gamber Carter's salon. Buffers handles are composed of black painted wood; the buffer itself is composed of layered Chamois leather, held to the wooden base by a tin-plated copper band. Each buffer is worn from use. The larger buffer (A) is 7" x 2" x 1"; the smaller buffer (B) is 5.25" x 1.75" x 1" |
Accession Number |
2020.11 |
Object ID |
2020.11.03a-b |
Source |
McCann, Sally |
Provenance |
Owned by the donor's grandmother: Mary Elizabeth "Kay" Gamber Carter (02 January 1895 - 26 December 1979), a self-employed hairdresser. Mary did hair for women working in the WWII war effort. |
Caption |
2020-11-30_1 |