Thumb piercer

Made:
1601-1800
Thumb piercer, wooden, with steel spikes, reputedly Spanish Thumb piercer, wooden, with steel spikes, reputedly Spanish

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Thumb piercer, wooden, with steel spikes, reputedly Spanish
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Thumb piercer, wooden, with steel spikes, reputedly Spanish
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Thumb piercer, wooden, with steel spikes, reputedly Spanish, 17th to 19th centuries

Details

Category:
Wellcome (general)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A139701
Materials:
body, wood and spikes, steel
type:
thumb piercers
credit:
Glendining