Surgical instrument consisting of flattened metal spike fixed into wooden handle which is split

Surgical instrument consisting of flattened metal spike fixed

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Surgical instrument consisting of flattened metal spike fixed
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Surgical instrument consisting of flattened metal spike fixed into wooden handle which is split, Algerian, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652526
Materials:
steel and wood
type:
spikes