Surgical instrument

Made:
1891-1930
Surgical instrument, one of pair of wooden blocks

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Surgical instrument, one of pair of wooden blocks
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Surgical instrument, one of pair of wooden blocks, with tapered edge, for lifting lipoma, called "fau" in vernacular, used in Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, 1891-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A96748
Materials:
wood and mount, cardboard
type:
surgical instruments
credit:
Kennedy, D.G.