Surgical knife with scabbard

Made:
1801-1900 in unknown place and India
Steel surgical knife, with ivory inlays

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Steel surgical knife, with ivory inlays
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Steel surgical knife, with ivory inlays, wood and brass scabbard, unsigned, Indian, 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A624222
Materials:
steel (metal), ivory, unidentified, wood (unidentified), cotton (textile), cotton (fibre), brass (copper, zinc alloy), copper (metal) and solder
Measurements:
knife in scabbard: 35 mm x 440 mm x 48 mm,
type:
surgical knife