Surgical knife, long steel blade set in rough wooden handle, Masai, East Africa, 1880-1920
Three surgical knives with long steel blades set in roughly carved wooden handles, one of which has a hide sheath and loop for suspension. Made by the Masai people, East Africa, c. 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651071
- type:
- knives and surgical instruments