Circumcision knife with obsidian blade

Circumcision knife with obsidian blade

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Circumcision knife with obsidian blade
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Circumcision knife with 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:
A655790
Materials:
obsidian and wood
type:
knives