Circumcision knife with black obsidian blade
- Made:
- 1871-1910
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Circumcision knife with black obsidian blade and wooden handle painted red and decorated with incised design inlaid with white lime powder, from Admiralty Islands, 1871-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A230302
- Measurements:
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length 291 mm
max: width 45 mm
- type:
- circumcision knife
