Surgical instrument with needle-pointed

Surgical instrument with needle-pointed

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Surgical instrument with needle-pointed
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Surgical instrument with needle-pointed, steel (?) blade and wooden handle, Algerian, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652517
Materials:
steel, ? material, brass and wood
Measurements:
length 116 mm
blade: length 43 mm
handle: diameter 23 mm
type:
spikes