Rough wooden crutch made from branch

Rough wooden crutch made from branch

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Rough wooden crutch made from branch, for supporting under arm, no handgrip, probably English, 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A103417
Materials:
wood, leather and string
Measurements:
length 1300 mm
maximum: width 225 mm
base: diameter 41 mm
type:
crutches
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Rough wooden crutch made from branch, for supporting under arm, no handgrip, probably English, 1801-1900

Rough wooden crutch made from branch

Rough wooden crutch made from branch, for supporting under arm, no handgrip, probably English, 1801-1900

Measurements:
length 1300 mm
maximum: width 225 mm
base: diameter 41 mm
Materials:
wood , leather and string
Object Number:
A103417/1
type:
crutches
Loose fragment from rough wooden crutch made from branch, for supporting under arm, no handgrip, probably English, 1801-1900.

Loose fragment from rough wooden crutch made from branch

Loose fragment from rough wooden crutch made from branch, for supporting under arm, no handgrip, probably English, 1801-1900.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A103417/2
type:
crutches