Surgical instrument consisting of metal spike set into turned wood handle

Made:
1880-1920
Surgical instrument consisting of metal spike set into turned

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Surgical instrument consisting of metal spike set into turned
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Surgical instrument consisting of metal spike set into turned wood handle, for perforating skin to inroduce Setons, Algerian, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652561
Materials:
steel, ? material and wood
type:
spikes