prmlogo2Cook-Voyage Collections
at the Pitt Rivers Museum

1886.1.1622

PRM000127921Rasp, patu aruhe, of ray-skin, from Tonga; part of the Forster collection (Forster 96; 1886.1.1622)

Piece of ray skin, used as a rasp. It would probably have been mounted on a wooden handle in use

 

   PRM0001291385179Rasp (with scale)
PRM0001291395179Detail of rasp
PRM0001296645179Microscope image of ray skin
PRM0001296655179Microscope image of ray skin
PRM0001300165179Remains of Forster label
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