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

type:: human remains, human hair and shell

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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