Circumcision knife consisting of quartzite blade and gum handle

Made:
1850-1920
Circumcision knife consisting of quartzite blade and gum handle

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Circumcision knife consisting of quartzite blade and gum handle
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Circumcision knife consisting of quartzite blade and gum handle, Australian, 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656108
Materials:
quartzite and resin
type:
knives
credit:
Sotheby's