Hands on Tauranga offers students stimulating and original learning opportunities with real museum objects that support the New Zealand curriculum at primary and secondary school level.
Hair Clippers
Hair clippers made of metal with scissor action head.
Operated by hand, barbers generally used them to quickly cut hair short. They were recently replaced by electric clippers.
date: 1980s
manufacturer: Brown & Sharpe MFG Co., England
max dimension: 170mm
Curling Tongs
A solid cylinder metal rod that fits into a concave channel. The tongs have a scissor action.
Invented by Frenchman Marcel Grateau in 1872. By the early 1900s adding a wave or curl to a woman's hair was the height of fashion. Tongs were heated either on the top of a wood-stove or soaked in boiling water.
Manufacturer: Marcel Depose
Max Dimension: 285mm
Thinning Scissors
Made of metal with serrated edges and scissor action. Scissors give thick hair a finer look.
Manufacturer: Geo. Gill, England
Max Dimension: 160mm
Subject Area: Social Science, Technology
Specific Themes: Fashion, Hairdressing, Women, Domestic
Handling collection number: HC79
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