Copy of bronze vaginal speculum excavated at Pompeii

Made:
199-79
Copy of bronze vaginal speculum excavated at Pompeii

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Copy of bronze vaginal speculum excavated at Pompeii
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Copy of bronze vaginal speculum excavated at Pompeii, 199BC-79AD., metal, date and provenance of copy unknown

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A646075
Materials:
metal
Measurements:
length 338 mm
closed: width 195 mm
thickness 89 mm
type:
vaginal speculum

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