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Tongue depressor
- Made:
- 1880-1909
![Tongue depressor, wooden](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/417/694/small_thumbnail_smg00165701.jpg)
![Tongue depressor, wooden](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/293/407/small_thumbnail_a658432__0001_.jpg)
Tongue depressor, wooden, to depress the tongue during the operation of removal of the uvula, Ibi, northern Nigeria, 1880-1909
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658432
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- tongue depressors
- credit:
- Comrie, M.