Collection of 37 neolithic flint implements with frame

Made:: 2000-500

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Collection of 37 neolithic flint implements, possibly used in surgery, in glazed oak frame, Europe, 2000-500BC

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A681119

Materials:: frame, oak, frame, glass and implements, flint

Measurements:: frame: length 457 mm
frame: width 535 mm
frame: height 35 mm

type:: surgical instruments

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Neolithic flint implements

Collection of neolithic flint implements, possibly used in surgery, Europe, 2000-500BC

Measurements:: frame: length 457 mm
frame: width 535 mm
frame: height 35 mm

Materials:: flint (calcium carbonate)

Object Number:: A681119/1

type:: surgical instruments

Neolithic flint implements in frame

Glazed oak frame, with space for 37 items, with 9 present, with handwritten label 'Implements probably similar to those used by Neolithic man in prehistoric surgery', Europe, 2000-500BC