Folding Oral and Personal Hygiene Tool Set, or Necessaire
date: label: date made
content: 1808
notes: label: Description
content: Ornately carved device for personal use consisting of a toothbrush, two toothpicks, a nail cleaner/file, and a small spoon for removing wax from the ear, which fold into a common handle. It is made of bone and is marked 1808 and has a carving of a dog on the end opposite to the toilet articles. The donor termed this instrument a “necessaire."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Dental Products
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care
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content: Beauty and Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Estate of Charles F. Wiebusch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02996
label: catalog number
content: M-02996
label: accession number
content: 111627
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothbrush
label: Object Name
content: toothpick
label: Object Name
content: ear spoon
label: Object Name
content: nail file
label: Object Name
content: necessaire
label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
label: Other Terms
content: Toilet Accessory; Toothbrush; "Necessaire"; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 6 in x 3/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 15.24 cm x 1.905 cm