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Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds

Made:
1871-1920 in Greenland
Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds, wood, Eskimo, 1871-1920 Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds, wood, Eskimo, 1871-1920 Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds, wood, Eskimo, 1871-1920
Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds, wood, Eskimo, 1871-1920 Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds, wood, Eskimo, 1871-1920 Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds, wood, Eskimo, 1871-1920

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Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds, wood, Eskimo, 1871-1920
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds, wood, Eskimo, 1871-1920
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds, wood, Eskimo, 1871-1920
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Plugs barbed plug for seal wounds, wood, Eskimo, 1871-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A650929
Materials:
wood
type:
plugs

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