Bone scoop, with a ‘fig-shaped’ hand at one end
- Made:
- 50-500
Bone scoop, Roman. The scoop has a straight stem, which is circular in cross-section, tapering to a scooped end; and a baluster-shaped finial at the other end. The baluster-shaped finial is circumvented by a ‘manu fica’, or ‘fig-shaped’ hand.
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A646436
- Materials:
- incomplete, animal bone and textile
- Measurements:
-
overall: length = 133 mm x diameter = 9 mm,
- type:
- scoop
