Surgical knife

Made:: 1701-1925 in Algeria

maker:: Unknown

Surgical knife, steel blade, wooden handle bound with wire
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Surgical knife, steel blade, wooden handle bound with wire, Algerian, 1701-1925

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A623726

Materials:: steel, wood and wire

Measurements:: overall: 133 mm
handle: 16 mm,

type:: knife

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