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Accession No	1962.160
Name/Title	CHAIR, BARBER
Brief Description	This hand-made kauri wood barber's chair was once used in the Wanganui Prison and is reputed to have previously been used in the old Rutland Stockade. It looks like a short, wide carpenter's sawhorse with a back rest, which is made of doubled timber, rounded at the corners and held together by two bands of tin. There may once have been a head rest attached.
Classification	Chair, Barber's/Furniture/Furnishings/Nomenclature
Primary Maker	Unknown
Primary Prod Period	19th century
Primary Prod Place	Unknown
Measurement Reading	54.6cm 100.3cm 21.6cm 12.7cm

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