Surgical knife with steel blade and wooden handle

Made:
1880-1920
Surgical knife with steel blade and wooden handle

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Surgical knife with steel blade and wooden handle
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Surgical knife with steel blade and wooden handle, in sheath of wood and leather, with whetstone attached, Algeria, Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652417
Materials:
steel, wood, leather and stone
type:
surgical knife