Surgical instrument consisting of metal blade with notched trident point set into wooden handle

Made:: 1880-1920

Surgical instrument consisting of metal blade with notched
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Surgical instrument consisting of metal blade with notched trident point set into wooden handle, used for trephining, by Shaura surgeons of Algeria, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A652547

Materials:: steel and wood

Measurements:: length 214 mm
blade: length 122 mm
handle: diameter 31 mm

type:: trephines

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Surgical instrument consisting of metal blade with notched trident point set into wooden handle

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