Surgical knife consisting of green obsidian blade slotted into bamboo handle

Made:
1870-1920
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Surgical knife consisting of green obsidian blade slotted into bamboo handle, from Java, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656064
Materials:
obsidian and bamboo
Measurements:
overall: 11 mm x 130 mm x 15 mm, .04 kg
type:
surgical knife