Twelve items sewn to a wooden tray

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Twelve items sewn to a wooden tray

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Twelve items sewn to a wooden tray, possibly the instruments of a Coptic doctor in Upper Egypt, case missing, Coptic

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A63532
Materials:
tray, fabric and tray, wood
Measurements:
tray: length 260 mm
tray: width 175 mm
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Hamonic Collection

Parts

Three green glass bottles

Three green glass bottles

Three green glass bottles, pear shaped, one with stopper contains unidentifiable drug

Measurements:
length 60 mm
width 25 mm
Materials:
glass , wood, ? material and fabric
Object Number:
A63532 Pt1
type:
bottle
Green glass bottle

Green glass bottle

Green glass bottle, pear shaped, contains unidentifiable drug

Measurements:
length 60 mm
width 30 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A63532 Pt2
type:
bottle
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, pear shaped with constricted neck and handles either side of neck, with stopper

Measurements:
length 72 mm
width 40 mm
Materials:
glass , wood, ? material and fabric
Object Number:
A63532 Pt3
type:
bottle
Green glass bottle

Green glass bottle

Green glass bottle, cylindrical, with stopper, contains unidentifiable drug

Measurements:
length 77 mm
width 18 mm
Materials:
glass and wood
Object Number:
A63532 Pt4
type:
bottle
Wooden albarello

Wooden albarello

Wooden albarello, cylindrical, with lid

Measurements:
length 100 mm
diameter 30 mm
Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A63532 Pt5
type:
albarello
Bronze probe

Bronze probe

Bronze probe, slightly bulbous end, other end decorated with incised decoration

Measurements:
length 140 mm
width 4 mm
Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
A63532 Pt6
type:
probes
Bronze tube

Bronze tube

Bronze tube, incised with geometric decoration

Measurements:
length 90 mm
width 23 mm
Materials:
bronze
Object Number:
A63532 Pt7
type:
tubes
Three rocks, unidentified

Three rocks, unidentified

Three rocks, unidentified

Measurements:
maximum: length 20 mm
maximum: width 20 mm
Materials:
rock
Object Number:
A63532 Pt8
type:
rocks
Wooden tray

Wooden tray

Wooden tray, with twelve items sewn in place, possibly the instruments of a Coptic doctor in Upper Egypt, Coptic

Measurements:
tray: length 260 mm
tray: width 175 mm
Materials:
tray, fabric and tray, wood
Object Number:
A63532 Pt9
type:
tray

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