Collection of 20 neolithic flint implements

Made:: 2000-500

Collection of 20 neolithic flint implements
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Collection of 20 neolithic flint implements, possibly used in surgery, in glazed oak frame, Europe, 200-500BC

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A681120

Materials:: frame, oak and implements, flint

Measurements:: frame: length 458 mm
frame: width 535 mm
frame: height 33 mm

type:: surgical instruments

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Collection of 15 neolithic flint implements

Collection of 15 neolithic flint implements, possibly used in surgery, Europe, 200-500BC

Measurements:: frame: length 458 mm
frame: width 535 mm
frame: height 33 mm

Materials:: flint (calcium carbonate) and oak (wood)

Object Number:: A681120/1

type:: surgical instruments

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