Collection of 15 neolithic flint implements
Collection of 15 neolithic flint implements, possibly used in surgery, Europe, 200-500BC
Collection of 20 neolithic flint implements
- Made:
- 2000-500
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Collection of 20 neolithic flint implements, possibly used in surgery, in glazed oak frame, Europe, 200-500BC
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A681120
- Materials:
- frame, oak and implements, flint
- type:
- surgical instruments
Parts
Neolithic flint implements
Glazed oak frame with spaces for 20 flint instruments, 4 present, with label 'Implements probably similar to those used by Neolithic man in pre-historic surgery,...knives, hand borers or drills, racloir scrapers' with some used in trephining experiments, Europe, 200-500BC
- Measurements:
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overall: 458 mm x 535 mm x 33 mm,
- Object Number:
- A681120/2
- type:
- surgical instruments
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
