Steel surgical knife with finely carved handle and sheath

Steel surgical knife with finely carved handle and sheath

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Steel surgical knife with finely carved handle and sheath
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Steel surgical knife with finely carved handle and sheath, wooden, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia(?) and Southern Mozambique(?), 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657884
Materials:
steel and wood
type:
surgical knife