Piece of pearl shell
- Made:
- 1881-1920 in Sunday Island
Piece of pearl shell, leaf shaped with human hair cord attached with gum, used to press back gums during tooth-avulsion operation, from Sunday Island, Victoria, Australia, 1881-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A79429
- Materials:
- shell, pearl, hair, human, resin and mount, cardboard
- Measurements:
-
length 150 mm
width 28 mm
mount: length 216 mm
- type:
- human remains, human hair and shell
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
