Surgical knife
- Made:
- 1880-1910
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Surgical knife, steel scyth-shaped knife with saw-edged blade, set into wooden handle with projecting grip at end, African, 1880-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A140074
- Materials:
- steel and handle, wood
- Measurements:
-
overall: length 192 mm
blade: length 70 mm
with blade: width 55 mm
handle, grip: width 28 mm
- type:
- surgical knife
- credit:
- Glendining
