Circumcision knife consisting of quartzite blade and short round gum handle

Circumcision knife consisting of quartzite blade and short

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Circumcision knife consisting of quartzite blade and short
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Circumcision knife consisting of quartzite blade and short round gum handle, from Northern territory, Australia, 1850-1920

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A96118
Materials:
quartzite and resin
Measurements:
length 150 mm
maximum: width 42 mm
maximum: thickness 27 mm
type:
circumcision knife