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Tweezers1495
Tweezers1-1946
TweezersEe63

Brass-coloured tweezers made of two arms brazed together at one end and expanding to a broad flat set of jaws at the other. A broad disc of brass has been left on each arm approximately halfway down their width and decorated with incised designs or spots and swirls. A ring has been secured around the handle end.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
brass metal
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TweezersSf553

Tweezers in the shape of two birds, both slightly convex, hinged at the tail. Both sides are exactly congruent and the edges fit together precisely. The head of each has an embossed eye and mouth. There is a hole in the middle of the folded tail section.

Culture
Andes
Material
copper metal ? and silver metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TweezersSf655

Two convex metal circles, one above the other, are connected by a folded strap of the same metal. A hole in the fold of the strap secures a handspun cotton yarn on which nineteen stone and shell beads are strung. The beads vary in size and shape. The colour range includes blue-green, yellow and red-purple. The metal object has traces of red pigment over the entire surface, inside and out.

Culture
Andes
Material
stone, copper metal ?, silver metal ?, gold metal, pigment, cotton fibre and shell
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TweezersSf683

Two leaves of gold coloured sheet metal, roughly triangular, joined and folded at their apices. Both are mildly convex and the curved lower edges fit precisely when squeezed. There is a circular hole at the centre of the fold.

Culture
Andes
Material
gold metal and copper metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TweezersK4.271

Tweezers made of one piece of metal that has straight pinchers, a tapered handle, and a small loop on the end.

Culture
Maasai
Material
metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TweezersK2.279

Twisters with one long pointed handle and two pronged tweezer ends. Ends are squared off.

Culture
Hausa
Material
tin metal
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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