Curling Iron Tongs (c.1920)

From Swift Current Museum

Accession Number 1966.8.3

Date 1920

Description Metal curling tongs with wooden handles. The tongs open when the handle is squeezed, and hair is wrapped around the metal rod and kept in place with a metal half-tube when the handles are released. The handles can also fold back on the instrument.

Materials Metal; Wood

Category Personal Artefacts, Toilet Article, Iron, Curling