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Cupping horn with small leather strip covering perfortion at tip

Made:
1831-1920 in Middle East

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Cupping horn with small leather strip covering perfortion at tip, from Near East, 1831-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A6066
Materials:
complete, fibre, horn and leather
type:
cupping horn
taxonomy:
  • furnishing and equipment
  • tools & equipment
  • medical instrument
  • cupping vessel
credit:
Drug Bazaar

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