Wooden crutch with double bend at top

Made:
1801-1920
Wooden crutch with double bend at top

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Wooden crutch with double bend at top
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Wooden crutch with double bend at top, made from tree branch or sapling, provenance unknown, 1801-920

Details

Category:
Orthopaedics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656676
Materials:
hardwood
Measurements:
height 970 mm
max. at bend: width 190 mm
approx: diameter 35 mm
type:
crutches

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