Surgical instrument consisting of spke-like metal blade fixed into wooden handle with brass collar

Surgical instrument consisting of spke-like metal blade fixed

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Surgical instrument consisting of spke-like metal blade fixed
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Surgical instrument consisting of spke-like metal blade fixed into wooden handle with brass collar, used for trephining, Algerian, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652539
Materials:
steel and wood
type:
trephines