Steel surgical knife with finely carved handle and sheath

Made:
1890-1920 in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
maker:
Shona people
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
Measurements:
overall: length 155 mm
knife: length 143 mm
knife, blade: length 94 mm
overall: width 18 mm
sheath: depth 17 mm
type:
surgical knife

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