Metal rotary stamp with milled edge and wooden handle

Metal rotary stamp with milled edge and wooden handle

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Metal rotary stamp with milled edge and wooden handle
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Metal rotary stamp with milled edge and wooden handle, said to be used for surgical and other purposes, possibly for tooling leather, from Algeria(?), 1880-1920

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652559
Materials:
iron, ? material, brass and wood
Measurements:
length 185 mm
wheel: diameter 27 mm
max, handle: diameter 24 mm
type:
stamps