Set of three drills for trepanning experiments.

Made:: 1930-1970 in London and England

maker:: Thomas Wilson Parry

Set of three drills for trepanning experiments.

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Set of 3 drills used by Dr. T.W. Parry for experiments on neolithic trephining, English, 1930-1970

Set of 3 drills used by Dr. T. W. Parry for experiments on neolithic trephining, English, 1930-1970

Drill used by Dr. T.W. Parry for experiments on neolithic trephining

1930-1970

Drill used by Dr. T.W. Parry for experiments on neolithic trephining

1930-1970

Drill used by Dr. T.W. Parry for experiments on neolithic trephining

1930-1970

Details

Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A634847

Materials:: shafts, wood, bits, bone, shark's tooth and flint, 2 chipped

Measurements:: drill 1: length 250 mm
drill 2: length 263 mm
drill 3: length 142 mm

type:: cranial trephines

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