Surgical drill with flattened metal blade and wooden handle

Surgical drill with flattened metal blade and wooden handle

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Surgical drill with flattened metal blade and wooden handle
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Surgical drill with flattened metal blade and wooden handle made in two sections spinning independently of one another, Algerian, 1880-1920

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652566
Materials:
steel, ? material and wood
Measurements:
length 333 mm
blade: length 80 mm
handle, max: diameter 38 mm
type:
drill - tool