Circumcision knife with steel balde

Made:: 1681-1850

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Circumcision knife with steel balde
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Circumcision knife with steel balde, marble handle and silver mounts in leather case, from the Hamonic collection c.1700

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A121589

Materials:: knife, steel, knife, silver, knife, marble, ? material, case, leather, case, wood and case, velvet

type:: circumcision knife

credit:: Hamonic Collection

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