Circumcision knife with flint blade attached to wooden handle by resinous concretion

Made:
1850-1920 in Australia
maker:
Arrernte people
Circumcision knife with flint blade attached to wooden handle

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Circumcision knife with flint blade attached to wooden handle
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Circumcision knife with flint blade attached to wooden handle by resinous concretion, from Arunta tribe, Central Australian, 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A131878
Materials:
stone, wood and resin
type:
circumcision knife
credit:
Glendining