Inuit surgical knife

Made:
1915-1938 in North America
Knife, steel blade, bone handle, possibly used for circumcision Knife, steel blade, bone handle, possibly used for circumcision

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Knife, steel blade, bone handle, possibly used for circumcision
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Knife, steel blade, bone handle, possibly used for circumcision
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Knife, steel blade, bone handle, possibly used for circumcision, Inuit (Eskimo), North America, 1915-1938. Circumcision is practiced by some tribes of Eskimos in the Mackenzie region of North America.

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A616503a
Materials:
bone and steel (metal)
Measurements:
overall: 13 mm x 98 mm x 20 mm, .019 kg
type:
knife