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Surgical instrument
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Surgical instrument
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Surgical instrument, used for performing an operation on the vulvas of girls at puberty, Inuit peoples (originally recorded as 'Eskimo'), Alaska, 1910-1941
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A39582
- Materials:
- ivory
- Measurements:
-
overall: 134 mm
- type:
- surgical instrument
