Curling Iron

Dateca. 1920

Mediumiron, wood

Dimensions9 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 5/8 in. (24.1 × 7 × 1.6 cm)

ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of The Charles Saiz Collection of Antique Pressing Irons

Object numberPC1997.41.16

DescriptionThis object is a cast-iron hair curling iron with two wooden handles painted green. The handles each have a singular raised circular grip and are squeezed together to open the iron arms of the object which would have been heated. One arm is cylindrical in shape with a pointed tip, while the other is semicircular and fits around the other, fitting and curling hair that is clamped in between.

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