Letter opener; amber-colored plastic (celluloid?) blade with “Lusern” written on it; curved horn handle held in place with ivory-colored rivets; height 17.9 cm
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Europe
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Horn (animal material) and Plastic (organic material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Letter openers
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)