A standing woman preparing to remove facial hair from seated woman using a piece of string. Watercolour, China, 18--.

Date:
1800-1899
Reference:
567520i
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A standing woman preparing to remove facial hair from seated woman using a piece of string. Watercolour, China, 18--. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Epilation using a traditional practice commonly known as threading.

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1800-1899

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 20.9 x 19.6 cm

Lettering

Lettering in Chinese script

Notes

Previous descriptive title: 'A Chinese woman preparing to pull out her own tooth with a piece of string, watched by another woman who holds a small beaker. Watercolour, China, 18--.' [Date amended: November 2019]
Title devised by cataloguer.

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Wellcome Collection 567520i

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