Lancet or fish hook with shark's tooth point hafted on to wooden handle

Made:
1881-1920
Lancet or fish hook with shark's tooth point hafted on to

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Lancet or fish hook with shark's tooth point hafted on to
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Lancet or fish hook with shark's tooth point hafted on to wooden handle, possibly used in scarification, from Society Islands, 1881-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A222473
Materials:
shark's tooth, wood and fibre
type:
lancets
credit:
Glendining