4 pieces of obsidian

Made:: 1918-1920 in England

maker:: Thomas Wilson Parry

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4 pieces of obsidian, possibly used as trephining instruments by Dr. T. Wilson Parry, in experiments on neolithic trephination, England, 1918-1920

Obsidian possibly used in trephination experiments

1918-1920

One piece of obsidian, possibly used for trephination

1918-1920

Obsidian, possibly used for trephination

1918-1920

One piece of obsidian, possibly used for trephination

1918-1920

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A652069

Materials:: obsidian

type:: trephines

credit:: Loan, Wellcome Trust

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