Surgical instrument consisting of short lanceolate blade

Surgical instrument consisting of short lanceolate blade

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Surgical instrument consisting of short lanceolate blade
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Surgical instrument consisting of short lanceolate blade, like spike, with tip bent back, fixed in wooden handle, Algerian, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652557
Materials:
steel, brass and wood
type:
spikes