Triangular hessian sling

Made:: 1900-1920

Triangular hessian sling, grey, probably German, 1900-1920

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Category:: Orthopaedics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A653599

Materials:: hessian

type:: slings

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Triangular hessian sling

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