Iron instrument with flat shovel-like blade at one end and looped hook at other end

Iron instrument with flat shovel-like blade at one end and

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Iron instrument with flat shovel-like blade at one end and
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Iron instrument with flat shovel-like blade at one end and looped hook at other end, said to be one of set of surgical instruments, African, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652436
Materials:
iron
Measurements:
length 420 mm
maximum: width 60 mm
type:
scoops

Parts

Tongue depressor

Tongue depressor

Obsolete record

Measurements:
length 198 mm
width 27 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A652436 Pt2
type:
tongue depressors
4 specimen tubes of various sizes

4 specimen tubes of various sizes

Obsolete record

Measurements:
longest: length 159 mm
shortest: length 72 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A652436 Pt3
type:
specimen tubes