Surgical instrument consisting of wishbone shaped wooden hook with card attached

Made:
1891-1930
Surgical instrument consisting of wishbone shaped wooden hook

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Surgical instrument consisting of wishbone shaped wooden hook
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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
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A96750
Materials:
wood, fibre and mount, cardboard
type:
surgical instruments
credit:
Kennedy, D.G.