Physician's stick carved with snake and engraved with figures

Made:
1701-1900 in Iran
Physician's stick made of wood with engraved ivory handle Physician's stick made of wood with engraved ivory handle Physician's stick made of wood with engraved ivory handle

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Physician's stick made of wood with engraved ivory handle
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Physician's stick made of wood with engraved ivory handle
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Physician's stick made of wood with engraved ivory handle
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Physician's stick made of wood with engraved ivory handle entwined with carved snake and buckle, with ivory ferrule, Persian, 1701-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A6001
Materials:
wood and ivory
Measurements:
overall: 60 mm x 903 mm x 40 mm, .42 kg
type:
physicians
credit:
Sadik, M.