Surgical knife with steel blade and wooden handle in leather and reptile skin

Made:
1880-1910 in Sudan

Surgical knife with steel blade and wooden handle in leather and reptile skin, sheaf twisted leather loop for suspension, Kordofan, Sudan, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652499
Materials:
steel, wood, sheaf, leather and skin, reptile
Measurements:
length 142 mm
blade: length 142 mm
with sheaf: length 220 mm
handle: width 53 mm
handle: thickness 32 mm
type:
surgical knife

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