Circumcision knife

Made:
1850-1925
Circumcision knife, steel, with silver (?) mounted bone handle

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Circumcision knife, steel, with silver (?) mounted bone handle
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Circumcision knife, steel, with silver (?) mounted bone handle, Algerian, 1850-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A38933
Materials:
steel, mount, silver, ? material and handle, bone
Measurements:
overall: 17 mm x 119 mm x 13 mm, .02 kg
type:
circumcision knife