Grooved gold-plated exploring needle

Made:: 1850-1900

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Grooved gold-plated exploring needle
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Grooved gold-plated exploring needle, with incomplete ivory case, European, 1850-1910

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A103993

Materials:: steel (gold plated) and case, ivory

type:: exploring needles

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Grooved gold-plated exploring needle

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