Lancet consisting shark's tooth hafted on to wooden handle

Made:
1881-1920
Lancet consisting shark's tooth hafted on to wooden handle

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Lancet consisting shark's tooth hafted on to wooden handle
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Lancet consisting shark's tooth hafted on to wooden handle, probably from Gilbert Islands, 1881-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655874
Materials:
shark's tooth, wood and fibre
Measurements:
length 145 mm
max: width 21 mm
type:
lancets
credit:
Beatty, H.B.

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