Lancet consisting of wooden handle with shark's tooth attached

Lancet consisting of wooden handle with shark's tooth attached

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Lancet consisting of wooden handle with shark's tooth attached
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Lancet consisting of wooden handle with shark's tooth attached, from Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, 1891-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A96744
Materials:
wood, shark's tooth, ivory and string, fibre
type:
lancets
credit:
Kennedy, D.G.