Curved steel circumcision knife with handle bound with metal strip

Made:
1880-1920
Curved steel circumcision knife with handle bound with metal

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Curved steel circumcision knife with handle bound with metal
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Curved steel circumcision knife with handle bound with metal strip, probably Sudanese, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652613
Materials:
steel and wood
Measurements:
overall: 12 mm x 189 mm x 52 mm, .032 kg
type:
circumcision knife
credit:
Pratt