Surgical instrument consisting of wishbone shaped
- Made:
- 1891-1930
Surgical instrument consisting of wishbone shaped wooden hook with card attached, for drawing lipoma taut before cutting it, "matau" in Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, 1891-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Object Number:
- A96750
- Materials:
- fibre, mount, cardboard, wood
- type:
- surgical instruments ethnography (melanesian), surgery (general), ethnography (melanesian), matau, surgery (general), surgical instruments
- credit:
- Kennedy, D.G.
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