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LicenseAmputation(?) knife, steel with ivory handle
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Amputation(?) knife, steel with ivory handle
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Amputation(?) knife, steel with ivory handle, in sharkskin sheath, French, 1701-1820
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A97770
- Materials:
- sheath, sharkskin, handle, ivory and blade, steel
- Measurements:
-
case: 6 mm x 185 mm x 28 mm,
knife: 11 mm x 282 mm x 20 mm, .32 kg
- type:
- amputation knives
- credit:
- Au Lyon de Nos Peres
