Ivory figure depicting a beggar with his arm in a sling

Made:: 1601-1700

Ivory figure depicting a beggar with his arm in a sling
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Ivory figure depicting a beggar with his arm in a sling, possibly German, possibly a copy of 17th century figure

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Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A661110

Materials:: ivory

Measurements:: height 134 mm
width 60 mm
depth 58 mm

type:: statues

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Ivory figure depicting a beggar with his arm in a sling

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