Trephine, bow-drill shaft

Made:
1900-1915
Trephine, bow-drill shaft, wood shaft, embedded flint blade

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Trephine, bow-drill shaft, wood shaft, embedded flint blade
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Trephine, bow-drill shaft, wood shaft, embedded flint blade, for trephining skulls, probably English, 1900-1915

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A680630
Materials:
wood, handle and flint, blade
type:
trephines