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Metal spike fitting into short wooden handle, 'el mikhray' in vernacular, used for insertion of setons, Kordofan peoples, Sudanese, 1880-1908
This instrument was used to puncture a fold of skin. A horse or giraffe hair was then passed through and loosely tied to treat inflammation, especially of the eye.
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652635
- Materials:
- iron, ? material
- type:
- spikes
- credit:
- Gayer-Anderson, R.G.
