Surgical instruments, Uganda, 1880-

Made:
1880-1920 in Uganda
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 R card describes object as "medicine man's cautery"

Surgical instrument consisting of metal spike with bent tip and wooden handle which has been scorched, from Ankole, Uganda, 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.