Collection of eleven iron instruments presumably for surgical and other purposees

Collection of eleven iron instruments presumably for surgical and other purposees, iron hooks with folded sections at end, from small basketry container, Algerian, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652576
Materials:
iron and wood
Measurements:
longest: length 200 mm
shortest: length 95 mm
longest: width 29 mm
shortest: width 26 mm
longest: thickness 25 mm
shortest: thickness 17 mm
type:
surgical instruments

Parts

Basket, plaited grasses, contains surgical instruments, Algerian

Small basket of plaited grasses, rounded base, roughly cylindrical body contains surgical instruments, Algerian, 1880-1910

Measurements:
height 195 mm
max: diameter 105 mm
Materials:
gourd
Object Number:
A652576 Pt1
type:
basket
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