Surgical instruments, Uganda, 1880-

Surgical instrument consisting of metal spike with bent tip and

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Surgical instrument consisting of metal spike with bent tip and
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Surgical instrument consisting of metal spike with bent tip and wooden handle which has been scorched, from Ankole, Uganda, 1880-1920 described on Museum records as a "medicine man's cautery"

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652638
Materials:
steel, ? material and wood
type:
cautery
credit:
Roscoe, J.