Case containing lancets and knife blades

Made:: 1801-1930 in India

Lancet case, wood and metal
Science Museum Group Collection
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Lancet case, wood and metal, containing 2 lancets and 1 knife blade, Indian(?), 1801-1930

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A624111

Materials:: wood, steel, bone, horn and complete

Measurements:: case: 117 mm x 22 mm x 18 mm,
knife blade: 68 mm x 10 mm
lancet: 55 mm x 12 mm

type:: instrument case

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Parts

Lancet with bone handle from lancet case

Materials:: steel and horn

Object Number:: A624111/1

type:: lancet

Lancet with bone handle

Materials:: steel and bone

Object Number:: A624111/2

type:: lancet

Knife blade from lancet case

Materials:: steel

Object Number:: A624111/3

type:: knife blade

Case for two lancets and one knife blade

Materials:: steel and complete

Object Number:: A624111/4

type:: instrument case

Case containing lancets and knife blades

Details

Parts

Lancet with bone handle from lancet case

Lancet with bone handle

Knife blade from lancet case

Case for two lancets and one knife blade

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