Circumcision knife

Made:: 1800-1920

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Circumcision knife
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Circumcision knife, consisting of flint blade and short round handle formed of resinous concretion painted red, from Macdonnell Ranges, Central Australia, 1800-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A96098

Materials:: quartzite and resin

type:: circumcision knife

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