Equipment for the Insertion Tube method of acupuncture, also known as Kanshino, consisting of a packet of ten fine-graded ion needles, with silver heads and gold shafts, two packets of all silver needles and a box containing a silver insertion tube, from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996, handmade by Kinichi Aoki, Tokyo, Japanese, 1980-1985.
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Object Number:
- 2002-484
- Measurements:
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needles (each): 7 mm x 90 mm x 35 mm,
needle container: 35 x 90 x 6 mm
box: 20 mm x 78 mm x 61 mm, .071 kg
- type:
- acupuncture needle
- credit:
- Kelley, R.
