Steel(?) rod tapering to flattened sharpened hook,

Made:
1880-1920
Steel(?) rod tapering to flattened sharpened hook

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Steel(?) rod tapering to flattened sharpened hook
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steel(?) rod tapering to flattened sharpened hook, for clearing throats of new born infants, from Northern Nigeria, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652628
Materials:
steel, ? material
type:
hook - fastener
credit:
Wakefield, F.