Concealed steel dagger from a divan crutch

Made:: 1801-1900

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Concealed steel dagger from a divan crutch, jade handle
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Concealed steel dagger from a divan crutch, jade handle, Persian(?), 19th century

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Category:: Orthopaedics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A233494

Materials:: blade, steel and handle, jade, greenish

type:: crutches

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Concealed steel dagger from a divan crutch

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