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LicensePlated metal artificial nose, 17th-18th century.
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Plated metal artificial nose, 17th to 18th century
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Plated metal artificial nose, 17th-18th century.
Full view. Artificial nose, made of plated metal, from the 17th or 18th century. Such noses would have been made to replace an original, which may have been congenitally absent or deformed, lost through accident or during combat or due to a degenerative disease, such as syphilis.
Details
- Category:
- Orthopaedics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641037
- Materials:
- metal
- type:
- artifical nose
